When Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day US Virgin Islands on his second voyage across the Atlantic in 1493, the islands were already inhabited—but how and when the islands of St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas ...
Archaeology
May 17, 2023
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Commercial fishing employs 1.2 million Americans and generates more than $165 billion annually. Yet warming waters are threatening fish populations and disrupting fisheries around the world—a challenge set to worsen as ...
Ecology
May 11, 2023
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Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men—an average of about $342,000 compared to men's $659,000, according to a large meta-analysis of studies on the topic.
Other
May 3, 2023
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Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catch farmers by surprise, a new study found.
Environment
Apr 13, 2023
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Streamflow is increasing in Alaskan rivers during both spring and fall seasons, primarily due to increasing air temperatures over the past 60 years, according to new CU Boulder-led research.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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Last summer, researchers at Michigan State University reported that one in five Michigan adults, or about 1.7 million people, don't want children and therefore are child-free. Although that number was surprisingly large to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Rivers are one of the most dynamic components of the water cycle on Earth's surface and play a significant role in the development of human societies, ecosystem sustainability, and regional climate. However, their natural ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2023
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A new Panthera study published today in Landscape Ecology has found that pumas might utilize a sly hunting strategy known as 'garden to hunt,' by which puma kills fertilize or deposit nutrients in soil that increase plant ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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If you live along one of the major interstate highways running through Chicago or directly next to Lake Michigan, you are regularly exposed to more air pollution than the rest of the city, a new Northwestern University study ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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The "Last Ice Area" north of Greenland and Canada is the last sanctuary of all-year sea ice in this time of rising temperatures caused by climate change. A new study now suggests that this may soon be over.
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2023
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