It is a well-known fact that water is the key to life on Earth. But it is less well known that only about 1% of all water on the planet is fresh water available to humans, plants or land-based animals.
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2023
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In a new article in Scientific Reports, a team of scholars from the University of Utah and The University of Texas at Austin found that drier than normal periods during growing seasons in Central America were associated with ...
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2023
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Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday's rare "ring of fire" eclipse of the sun.
Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2023
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The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that more than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2023
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While public discussions often focus on climate change driving people to emigrate, new research published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that net-migration patterns around the world are actually more strongly linked with ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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Researchers from the U.S. and Switzerland, including Senckenberg scientist and first author Dr. Adrienne Jochum, have described the first fossil Carychium land snails from Florida. The rock layer containing the snail fossils, ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 16, 2023
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Tropical butterflies with bigger, longer and narrower wings are better able to stay cool when temperatures get too hot.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2023
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People were breeding scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in, what is today, New Mexico in the 1100s, according to examination of eggshell found at the Old Town archaeological site. The paper is published in the journal PNAS Nexus.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2023
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About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking advantage of nectar-rich flowers that had co-evolved with bees. This single event led to the evolution ...
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2023
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A new study has highlighted underprepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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