Sex jumpstarted Earth’s animal biodiversity
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Will Earth truly cool down after net-zero, or are we locked into millennia of Anthropocene heat?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We imagine that if global emissions are reduced, the problem will sort itself out.…
This 243-foot machine is turning ocean tides into clean electricity
While solar panels rely on sunshine and wind turbines depend on changing weather conditions, tidal energy offers something…
Concerns over US company’s gas fracking plan for world’s most intact tropical savanna in WA revealed | Western Australia
The federal government has repeatedly raised concerns about an American company’s bid to frack for gas in Western…
7.8 magnitude earthquake hits southern Philippines, Tsunami alerts issued
At least 15 people were feared dead in the southern Philippines on Monday after a powerful magnitude 7.8…
Latitudinal patterns and environmental correlates of plant root exudation
Jackson, R. B. et al. The ecology of soil carbon: pools, vulnerabilities, and biotic and abiotic controls. Annu.…
A Swedish research robot submarine detects unknown structures beneath Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, and the find suggests ice shelf’s underside is more complex than expected | World News
Image of Edge of the Dotson Ice Shelf| Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons When researchers sent a bright orange…
Drought in Mass. worsens for Boston with no substantial rainfall
We’ve seen plenty of weekend rainfall across Massachusetts and New England since the start of meteorological spring, March…
A global early warning system for predicting exposure of biodiversity to extreme heat
IPCC Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (eds Hans-Otto Pörtner, H.-O. & Roberts, D. C.) (Cambridge Univ.…
An invisible forever chemical rain is falling across the planet
Chemicals introduced to help repair and protect Earth’s ozone layer may have created an unexpected environmental problem. According…
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, a vital nutrient is disappearing with it and putting the food chain at risk
A new Arctic study is drawing attention for a troubling reason. As sea ice disappears, so does a…
Indonesia earmarks $71B for mega solar power project
Indonesia is planning one of the world’s largest solar power development programs with a targeted capacity of up…