When clouds meet clear skies, cloud droplets evaporate as they mix with dry air. A new study involving researchers from the University of Gothenburg has succeeded in capturing what happens in a model. Ultimately, this could ...
General Physics
Feb 21, 2024
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The surface temperature of the North Atlantic plays an important role in the occurrence of heat waves in Europe. However, researchers at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel have shown that it is not high ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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No droppings, tracks, nests or other traces of wildlife—Canada's boreal forests were devastated by record wildfires this year.
Environment
Oct 4, 2023
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Children's books and TV shows are full of animals, but how well do kids really know the natural world?
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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Shallow lakes can take on two alternative stable states, according to a theory on ecological equilibrium in the study of inland waters (limnology). This paradigm has now been called into question by a study conducted by the ...
Ecology
Mar 16, 2023
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In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses."
Environment
Jul 21, 2022
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On any given day between 2016 and 2019, Heather Stewart could be found snorkeling in between mangroves in the Bocas del Toro archipelago along Panama's Caribbean coast. For years she visited these forests at the interface ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2022
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Certain invasive, non-native species can disrupt lakes to the point of rapid ecosystem collapse, contaminating water for drinking, aquaculture and recreation, a new study has found.
Ecology
Oct 7, 2021
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Toxic algae has been found in a Yosemite creek and the National Park Service is warning guests it may exist in other spots in Yosemite Valley.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2021
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COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, as various health and safety restrictions keep more of us at home more often. The resulting changes to our behavior are already impacting the environment around us in myriad ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2020
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