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Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still reckoning with the damage wrought by Mongolia's increasingly erratic extreme weather.
The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked migrations across Europe and dramatically ...
The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane emissions are rising very fast.
Most Bronze Age settlements have been documented in European territory. Despite its geographical proximity, the Maghreb has always been absent from these historical narratives, erroneously characterized as an "empty land" ...
Invasive species have been decimating Australian ecosystems for hundreds of years.
Greater monitoring of the risk of diseases spread by insects is needed in environments where animals and people coexist, say researchers after studying the effect of livestock on spiders in the Himalayas.
A new study led by Prof. Tan Zhiliang from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled intricate coordination mechanisms between ruminal mucosal microbiota and host epithelial ...
A study published by Dr Holly Winter in the journal Levant investigated the potential origin of Funerary Palaces in the southern Levant. Using various pieces of evidence, including architectural similarities, association ...
A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, "persistent" basis was recently published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.
Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans being nourished by their protein-rich milk and clothed by warm, water-resistant fabrics made from ...
