Whether an animal is flying, running or swimming, its traveling speed is limited by how effectively it sheds the excess heat generated by its muscles, according to a new study led by Alexander Dyer from the German Center ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2023
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A very wet winter has left California's reservoirs looking healthier than they have for years, as near-record rainfall put a big dent in a lengthy drought.
Environment
Apr 18, 2023
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The demand for water resources is higher than ever before. The growing global population, expanding industrial development and the impacts of climate change are exacerbating the global water crisis.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperiling food security in the cash-strapped country.
Agriculture
Apr 13, 2023
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The Danube River starts in Germany and eventually flows into the Black Sea some 2,850 kilometers and ten countries later. If Germany were to dam or pollute the river, it could potentially affect nine other countries—and ...
Environment
Apr 12, 2023
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The US government announced Tuesday that it is considering imposing across-the-board cuts in usage of the dwindling Colorado River, after squabbling states failed to agree on how to deal with a decades-old problem.
Environment
Apr 11, 2023
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Runoff and river discharge are important components in Earth's water cycle, but as climate change tightens its grip, heatwaves and instances of drought are increasingly hitting the headlines. One would assume that this hotter ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 4, 2023
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Cassowaries continue to be one of nature's most critical gardeners, with a new study into seed dispersal through their scats reaffirming their role in the ecological function of pockets of remnant rainforests.
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2023
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A new study reveals that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya has been significantly underestimated, due to the inability of satellites to see glacier changes occurring underwater, with critical ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2023
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The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission—led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)—has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on the planet's ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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