Climate
Up to 30 percent more time: Climate change makes it harder for women to collect water
Climate change could increase the amount of time women spend collecting water by up to 30 percent globally by 2050,...
Berkeley Lab researchers advance AI-driven plant root analysis
In a world striving for sustainability, understanding the hidden half of a living plant – the roots – is crucial....
Supporting the right small changes can have big impacts
Small changes in our everyday actions can trigger significant, rapid societal shifts especially when it comes to climate action. A...
Restoring the Great Salt Lake would have environmental justice as well as ecological benefits
Inland seas around the world are drying up due to increasing human water use and accelerating climate change, and their...
Climate change: rising temperatures may impact groundwater quality
Earth’s climate system is heating up due to the atmosphere’s increased concentration of greenhouse gases, which limits the amount of...
Study reveals increasing polarization in climate change coverage between elite and heartland news sources
New research led by the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy reveals a crucial disparity...
Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse
From the last ice age until around 6000 years ago, the region now known as the Sahara Desert was a...
Wildfire smoke and health
With wildfires becoming more frequent and extensive in Canada, it’s important for people to understand the health risks of wildfire...
Improving soil health yields unexpected benefits for farmers
In the U.S., as farmers wrestle with extreme heat and drought, heavy rainfall and flooding, and erosion—all factors of climate...
Disparities in the distribution of flood adaptation resources could be curbed by equity-weighting, research suggests
As the effects of climate change intensify, the need for efficient and equitable climate adaptation policies is becoming more urgent....
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies