Metagenomics—the study of genetic material from an environmental sample—is growing as species evolve or are discovered across the globe. To correlate the newly developed microbiomes with existing data sets, a team of ...
Biotechnology
Jan 22, 2021
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Rich countries have over-reported finance to help countries adapt to the impacts of climate change by $20 billion over the last decade, leaving at-risk communities drastically underfunded, a new analysis showed Thursday.
Environment
Jan 21, 2021
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A loss of biodiversity and accelerating climate change in the coming decades coupled with ignorance and inaction is threatening the survival of all species, including our very own, according to the experts from institutions ...
Ecology
Jan 13, 2021
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Megathrust earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis that originate in subduction zones like Cascadia—Vancouver Island, Canada, to northern California—are some of the most severe natural disasters in the world. Now a team of ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2020
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Together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Senckenberg scientists Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt examined sediment samples from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench for ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2020
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The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned in the watershed during the Labor Day fires, but new research out of Portland State University shows that wildfires like the Riverside Fire, which ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2020
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In a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team co-led by the University of Minnesota, examined the risks to human well-being and prosperity stemming from ongoing environmental ...
Environment
Dec 08, 2020
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Large amounts of new particles can form in the valleys of the Himalayas from naturally emitted gases and can be transported to high altitudes by the mountain winds and injected into the upper atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2020
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Slashing global emissions would result in "substantial" near-term rewards by reducing the risk of unprecedented warming even within the next two decades, according to a new study Monday.
Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2020
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A third of native mammals are currently at risk of extinction in Wales, according to a new report.
Ecology
Nov 27, 2020
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