Unintentional Implications of Fire Suppression
A new study indicates how fire suppression ensures that wildfires burn under extreme circumstances and with high severity, aggravating the effects of climate change and…
Environment
Even Passive Smokers are Extensively Colonized by Microbes
Everything is everywhere; under the right conditions, microbial populations can develop and thrive even in seemingly inhospitable environments. This is the case with inactive hydrothermal…
Global Catastrophic Risk
Global catastrophic risk refers to occurrences or scenarios that have the potential to severely destroy human civilization on a worldwide scale. These dangers have the…
Urban Climatology
Urban climatology is the study of urban climates. It is a subfield of climatology that investigates climate in urban contexts. It is a subfield of…
Cold-water Coral confines itself on Mountains in the Deep Ocean
Corals hunting for food in the cold, dark waters of the deep sea are building ever-higher mountains to get closer to their food source. However,…
Big Innovative Idea Introduced with the help of Little Plankton
A novel model connects the rules of life at the individual and ecological levels, potentially opening up new areas of research in ecology, global change…
Climate Change could cause Bowhead Whales to Collide with Shipping Traffic
The annual migration of bowhead whales between the Bering and Beaufort Seas is a conservation success story, with current numbers approaching – if not exceeding—pre-commercial…
Wetlands, Parks, and Botanical Gardens are among the finest ways to Cool Cities during Heatwaves
Botanical gardens are not just beautiful – they can cool the city air by 5°C during heatwaves, according to the most comprehensive review of its…
Increases in Rainfall are hidden by Air Pollution
In a new study, researchers examined how human-caused greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions affect rainfall in the United States. Greenhouse gas emissions enhance rainfall, whereas…
Barriers Preventing Antarctic Ice Melt are Eroding at the Double
Undersea ice anchors that help keep Antarctica’s land ice from slipping into the ocean are disappearing at a rate more than twice that of 50…
Side Effects of Large-scale Forestation could diminish Carbon removal benefits by up to One-third
The side effects of large-scale forestation programs could limit CO2 removal advantages by up to a third, according to a groundbreaking study. The study, headed…
Atmospheric Waveguide
An atmospheric waveguide is an atmospheric flow structure that enhances the propagation of specific atmospheric waves. It is an area of the Earth’s atmosphere in…
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