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Environment Dec 5, 2022

Study finds climate change exacerbates the food gap between North and South Mediterranean countries

The Mediterranean region is widely acknowledged as one of the most exposed in the world to the effects of climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss and land degradation, coupled with a nutrition transition of its ...

Ecology Nov 30, 2022

Climate's toll on trees threatens the sound of music

Stroking a tiny spruce sapling, Swiss forest ranger Francois Villard fears the tree will not withstand global warming and live to a ripe old age like its ancestors.

Social Sciences Nov 17, 2022

Equity, social respect and legal protections: Achieving health equity for trans people

While transgender people might be more culturally recognized in the U.S. than ever, visibility is not the same as justice.

Social Sciences Oct 27, 2022

Nostalgia—a rhetorical tool for populists and the radical right

Nostalgic rhetoric is used by parties and political movements on both the right and the left, as they imagine and make use of different versions of the past. Research shows that ideas of a homogeneous population are central ...

Plants & Animals Oct 20, 2022

A modern history of ancient trees, through the lens of climate change

Humans have a long history of venerating ancient trees. That reverence and care taking took a modern turn in the 18th century, when naturalists embarked on a quest to locate and date the oldest living things on Earth, as ...

Archaeology Sep 22, 2022

3,000 years ago, human activity destroyed vegetation and irreparably damaged the Timna Valley environment

Researchers from Tel Aviv University collected samples of charcoal used as fuel for metallurgical furnaces in the Timna Valley, located in Israel's southern desert region, during the 11th to 9th centuries BCE and examined ...

Archaeology Sep 19, 2022

'Extremely rare' Rameses II-era burial cave found in Israel

Israeli archaeologists on Sunday announced the "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery of a burial cave from the time of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II, filled with dozens of pottery pieces and bronze artifacts.

Earth Sciences Sep 6, 2022

Overall warming of up to 5°C in this century projected for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

Unprecedented and societally disruptive extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, dust storms and torrential rains, will soon become a reality unless immediate, ambitious, and transboundary climate action is ...

Environment Aug 21, 2022

Fast-warming, ailing Med Sea may be a sign of things to come

While vacationers might enjoy the Mediterranean Sea's summer warmth, climate scientists are warning of dire consequences for its marine life as it burns up in a series of severe heat waves.

Paleontology & Fossils Aug 8, 2022

Rotting fish help solve mystery of how soft tissue fossils form

New research at the University of Leicester has transformed scientists' understanding of how spectacular fossils with delicate soft tissues form.

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