Inaction on the water crisis could put more than half of the world's food production at risk by 2050, experts warned in a major report published Thursday.
Environment
Oct 17, 2024
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Far beneath the lush landscape of southern China, a sprawling subterranean laboratory aims to be the world's first to crack a deep scientific enigma.
General Physics
Oct 17, 2024
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Lifeguards declared Sydney's famed Bondi beach and several other strands closed Thursday, as more mysterious black "tar ball" globules washed up along the city's shores.
Environment
Oct 17, 2024
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Five Pacific nations on Thursday plotted how to prosecute a pivotal UN court case that aims to hold climate-polluting countries to account and safeguard their islands' survival.
Environment
Oct 17, 2024
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center says there is a 60% chance that a weak La Niña event will develop this autumn and could last until March.
Environment
Oct 17, 2024
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New research shows microbes in our cities are evolving to resist the very cleaners we use to eliminate them. It also identifies novel strains living in Hong Kong that were previously only found in Antarctic desert soil.
Evolution
Oct 17, 2024
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In an era where viral outbreaks can escalate into global pandemics with alarming speed, the ability to quickly develop new vaccines has become crucial. However, the speed of vaccine production is limited because the mRNA ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2024
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University of Queensland researchers have uncovered the workings of ant venom by measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how it causes pain.
Plants & Animals
Oct 16, 2024
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Climate change has a negative impact on food security. An international research team led by Wolfram Weckwerth from the University of Vienna has now conducted a study to investigate the natural variation of different chickpea ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 16, 2024
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Atmospheric blocking events are persistent, high-impact weather patterns that occur when large-scale high-pressure systems become stationary and divert the jet stream and storm tracks for days to weeks, and can be associated ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2024
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