The future of wildfires in a warming world
Oct 14, 2015, 9:35 am By ENNThe history of wildfires over the past 2,000 years in a northern Colorado mountain range indicates…Spring will be springing earlier in the US
Oct 14, 2015, 8:57 am By ENNScientists have projected that the onset of spring plant growth will shift by a median of three…Re-thinking plant and insect diversity
Oct 13, 2015, 4:42 pm By ENNNew research by biologists at the University of York shows that plant and insect diversity is more…Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow
Oct 13, 2015, 11:27 am By ENNA new study has found that powerful winds are removing massive amounts of snow from parts of…Nearly 1/3 of world's cacti species facing extinction
Oct 12, 2015, 9:36 am By ENNThirty-one percent of cactus species are threatened with extinction, according to the first…Another benefit of beet juice discovered
Oct 12, 2015, 9:10 am By ENNEver since human beings first began climbing the world's tallest mountains, they have struggled with…Swedish sand lizards like climate change
Oct 11, 2015, 8:32 am By ENNHigher temperatures result in Swedish sand lizards laying their eggs earlier, which leads to better…The relationship between carbon cycles and climate
Oct 10, 2015, 8:14 am By ENNMaking predictions about climate variability often means looking to the past to find trends. Now…Ecotourism can put wild animals at risk
2:59pm By ENNEcotourism, in which travelers visit natural environments with an eye toward funding conservation…Study of China's Yellow River yields unexpected information about the Earth's climate history
9:55am By ENNBy meticulously examining sediments in China's Yellow River, a Swedish-Chinese research group are…Mars once supported lakes of liquid water
9:22am By ENNA new study from the team behind NASA's Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity has confirmed that Mars…Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
Thu 1:58pm By ENNWhy elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades. A study led by…Chernobyl considered unlikely nature reserve for some species
Thu 9:47am By ENNWhen you think of Chernobyl you probably think along the lines of “nuclear disaster” and a…Solar powered water purification
Thu 7:48am By ENNDeep in the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula, residents of the remote Mexican village of La…Arsenic found in many US red wines
Oct 7, 2015, 10:11 am By ENNA new University of Washington study that tested 65 wines from America’s top four wine-producing…Arctic butterflies adapt to warming climate by getting smaller
Oct 7, 2015, 7:39 am By ENNNew research shows that butterflies in Greenland have become smaller in response to increasing…Researchers trace how birds, fish go with the flow
Oct 6, 2015, 10:16 am By ENNFish and birds, when moving in groups, could use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in…Outsourcing manufacturing to China and the climate
Oct 6, 2015, 8:40 am By ENNIn a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, scientists from three universities…Are fish the greatest athletes?
Oct 5, 2015, 4:45 pm By ENNWhen you think of the world’s greatest athletes, names like Usain Bolt generally spring to mind,…Noise pollution harms wildlife, degrades habitats
Oct 5, 2015, 10:11 am By ENNTraffic noise is just another inconvenience for many of us. But for wildlife, noise from honking,…
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