The global climate is changing and the Arctic is warming rapidly. These are objectively true statements that most people have come to accept.
Ecology
Sep 1, 2023
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The 2015–2018 summer droughts have been exceptional in large parts of Western and Central Europe over the last 400 years, in terms of the magnitude of drought conditions. This indicates an influence of man-made global warming. ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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In human society, reward and punishment are introduced as an incentive to induce cooperation. However, some people still try to cheat to win. So, is there a system with clear rewards and punishments in the world of other ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2023
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By analyzing Antarctic ice cores, CU Boulder scientists and an international team of collaborators have revealed the most detailed look yet at the planet's recent climactic history, including summer and winter temperatures ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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Imagine that you have an unhealthy interest in your neighbors' lives. Unable to ask them directly, you rifle through their rubbish bins. You find the bones of cooked chickens and try and work out what else they eat.
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2022
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Juvenile bull sharks generally remain inside rivers, sheltered by mangroves while they are young and more vulnerable to predators, before moving out into coastal habitats. Until now, scientists assumed they relied on these ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2022
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Baleen plates—the signature bristle-like apparatus toothless whales use to feed—reveal how these large aquatic mammals adapt to environmental changes over time.
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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In a first-of-its-kind warming experiment, researchers at Northern Arizona University found that microbes growth rate decreased over 15 years of warming. The research, published this week in Global Change Biology, showed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2021
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Microbiology researchers at Oregon State University have shed new light on the mechanisms of carbon cycling in the ocean, using a novel approach to track which microbes are consuming different types of organic carbon produced ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2021
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Fewer than one hundred kilometers lie between the flood-ravaged district of Ahrweiler and the volcanic lakes in the Eifel. These maars have now provided evidence that weather extremes could increase. Researchers at Johannes ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2021
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