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Ecology Jul 11, 2024

How artificial intelligence can help prevent illegal wildlife trade

Imagine you are a law enforcement official at a wildlife market and suspect some of the birds on sale are from endangered or illegally traded populations. This is a situation that demands decisive identification and action, ...

Earth Sciences Jul 11, 2024

Scientists know rising seas will one day swallow Jersey Shore climate research center

The only way to visit Ken Able's office is to traverse Great Bay Boulevard, a narrow, five-mile long road in Tuckerton, New Jersey, that crosses a network of brackish tidal marshes via a series of wood bridges.

Astronomy Jul 11, 2024

Astronomers discover dozens of double-lined double white dwarf binaries

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of 34 rare double-lined double white dwarf binary systems using the Intermediate-dispersion Spectrograph and Imaging System (ISIS) on the William Herschel Telescope ...

Earth Sciences Jul 11, 2024

Canadian wildfire smoke dispersal worsened by coincident cyclones, study suggests

Wildfires are unplanned and unpredictable threats to Earth; while we may intuitively relate them to extreme heat at lower latitudes, they are known to occur in Arctic regions, such as those recently ravaging Russia.

Environment Jul 11, 2024

Paris dream of swimming in the Seine part of its Olympics vision

Going for a dip in the Seine on a hot summer's day has been the pipedream of many a Parisian since swimming in the river was formally banned a century ago.

Earth Sciences Jul 10, 2024

Fires and climate are changing. The science must change as well, says paper

A new paper on the many ways wildfires affect people and the planet makes clear that as fires become more intense and frequent, the urgency for effective and proactive fire science grows. By addressing these challenges, the ...

Social Sciences Jul 10, 2024

New hypothesis rethinks tech's impact on social interaction

A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking introduces a novel hypothesis that could reshape our understanding of how digital technologies affect human sociality and mental health.

Earth Sciences Jul 10, 2024

Researchers synchronize Napoleonic maps with modern ones

Hungary is a main provider in the publication of synchronized, or in other terms, georeferenced maps of the Napoleonic era. As a result of new research, Hungarian and German researchers have synchronized maps produced during ...

Condensed Matter Jul 10, 2024

Researchers demonstrate anomalous Brewster effect in metamaterials

The Brewster reflectionless effect stands out as one of the simplest yet pivotal discoveries in manipulating waves. Initial investigations were limited to isotropic materials, but later, thanks to the advent of metamaterials, ...

Earth Sciences Jul 10, 2024

How cities can use AI to adapt to climate change

Urban spaces are particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change, such as heat waves, floods, and storms. But which areas of a city are affected, and how can city planners respond?

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