Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change
On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change.
On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change.
Ecology
Aug 29, 2023
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Confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with high-impact weather continuing through August. These records are based on air temperatures, but measurements of the temperature ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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Japan's decision to release water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has been greeted with horror by the local fishing industry as well as China and several Pacific Island states. China—which together with Hong Kong ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2023
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Every year, an estimated 600 people in the U.S. die in extreme heat waves. Nearly 10,000 are hospitalized and more than 67,000 visit emergency rooms. This year, record-smashing heat waves have swept across the southwestern ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2023
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Humans aren't the only ones leaving town when city heat becomes unbearable. A study done on 336 cities in China concludes that heat-retaining buildings and paved surfaces are directly related to a loss in bird diversity. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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Understanding how glaciers interact with the ocean is akin to piecing together a colossal jigsaw puzzle. And on various icebreaker expeditions to some of the most remote fjords in northern Greenland, colleagues and I have ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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Australia's iconic grass-trees—aka yaccas—are hardy, drought-tolerant, and strikingly beautiful. Now, new research has revealed another, far more important, feature: their ability to protect wildlife from deadly weather ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2023
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The Mediterranean is one of the most climate vulnerable regions in the world, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average. In the Balearic Islands, this means that by 2100 the temperature could have increased ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Firefighters made headway Friday in their battle against a vast wildfire raging out of control in the forested interior of Tenerife that has forced 4,500 people to flee the Spanish holiday island.
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Ambient temperature can affect acoustic communication signals produced by ectothermic signalers. For example, the temporal features of acoustic signals can occur at a higher rate at higher temperatures. If species recognition ...
Ecology
Aug 16, 2023
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