In rare attack, polar bear kills two people in Alaska
A polar bear on a rampage killed a woman and a boy in a remote area of Alaska, police said, in a rare attack on humans.
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Climate change could lead to threefold increase in powerful storms across Europe and North America
Powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions such as flooding across Europe and North America, with the potential to wreak social and economic havoc, could increase threefold by the end of the 21st century due to ...
Environment
Nov 26, 2018
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Clues from ancient Maya reveal lasting impact on environment
Evidence from the tropical lowlands of Central America reveals how Maya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today's environmental conditions, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2015
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An internal thermometer tells seeds when to germinate, researchers find
Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant, as it will leave the stage of seed resistant to various environmental constraints (climatic conditions, absence of nutritive elements, etc.) to become a seedling that ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2023
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Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems is more dangerous and affects some communities more than others.
Environment
Feb 2, 2024
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NASA and Boeing chase jet contrails with science of climate impact in doubt
Scientific debate is getting heated over what to do about airplane contrails—the wispy lines of water vapor you often see trailing behind a jet.
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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Climate, conflict, collapse: How drought destabilized the last major precolonial Mayan city
The city of Mayapán was the largest Mayan city from approximately 1200 to 1450 AD. It was an important political, economic and religious center, and the capital of a large state that controlled much of northwestern Yucatan ...
Archaeology
Jul 23, 2022
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Study shows widespread retreat and loss of marine-terminating glaciers in the northern hemisphere
Two researchers from the University of Ottawa are the first to map out all the glaciers that end in the ocean in the Northern Hemisphere and provide a measure of their rate of change over the last 20 years. Their findings ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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But it's a dry heat: Climate change and the aridification of North America
Discussions of drought often center on the lack of precipitation. But among climate scientists, the focus is shifting to include the growing role that warming temperatures are playing as potent drivers of greater aridity ...
Environment
May 19, 2020
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Peat bogs defy the laws of biodiversity
WSL scientists working with a team of researchers from across Europe have found that peat bogs, despite their low biodiversity, can effectively withstand both moderate and glacial climates. That finding stands to change the ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2017
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