Often, when populations and economies boom, so does air pollution—a product of increased fossil-fuel consumption by vehicles, industry and households. This has been true across much of Africa, where air pollution recently ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2021
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The festive countdown is in full swing and numbers are uppermost in mind, as people manage tighter budgets and fill their social calendars with long-awaited gatherings now the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.
Mathematics
Dec 6, 2022
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Not all Chinook salmon are created equal, and this has a major impact on the energetics for southern resident killer whales. A recent study quantified the lipid content in Fraser River Chinook salmon—the southern resident's ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2023
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With tornado season fast approaching or already underway in vulnerable states throughout the U.S., new supercomputer simulations are giving meteorologists unprecedented insight into the structure of monstrous thunderstorms ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2017
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Scientists from the University of Newcastle, Australian Museum, South Australian Museum, and Queensland National Parks and Wildlife have found and described two new, very loud frog species from eastern Australia: the Slender ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2021
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Fires across the Brazilian Amazon have sparked an international outcry for preservation of the world*s largest rainforest. Here's a look at the role the Amazon plays in regulating the world's climate:
Environment
Aug 27, 2019
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New research from North Carolina State University has found that wind patterns in the lowest 500 meters of the atmosphere near supercell thunderstorms can help predict whether that storm will generate a tornado. The work ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2016
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When summer temperatures rise in Greenland and the melt season begins, water pools on the surface, and sometimes disappears down holes in the ice. That water may eventually reach bedrock, creating a slipperier, faster slide ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2017
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In recent years, wildfires have become increasingly frequent in the Brazilian savannahs, also severely affecting the riparian forests. Investigations carried out with a scientist from the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2020
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Concerns that war in Europe or fickle weather might hold back one of America's most valuable fisheries appear to have been unfounded.
Ecology
Apr 11, 2022
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