Plate tectonics in the twenty-first century
The emergence of plate tectonics in the late 1960s led to a paradigm shift from fixism to mobilism of global ...
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Review highlights a century of science in tackling emerging fungal diseases in response to climate change
A new CABI-led review published in the journal Microbiology Australia highlights how CABI has spent over 100 years identifying and ...
Metabolic hack makes ocean algae more resilient to 21st century climate change
A study published in Science Advances by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much ...
Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Fossilised fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the ...
Photos suggest rhino horns have shrunk over past century, likely due to hunting
By scrutinising over a century’s worth of photos, University of Cambridge researchers have made the first ever measurements that show ...
‘Virtual autopsy’ identifies a 17th century mummified toddler hidden from the sun
A team of scientists based in Germany have examined a 17th century child mummy, using cutting-edge science alongside historical records ...
Skaftö wreck’s cargo tells a tale of 15th century trade routes
Research at the University of Gothenburg has shown that the Skaftö wreck had probably taken on cargo in Gdańsk in ...
Ecological imbalance: How plant diversity in Germany has changed in the past century
Germany’s plant world has seen a greater number of losers than winners over the past one hundred years. While the ...
Triassic specimen found to be early relative of pterosaurs a century after its discovery
A new study of a tiny Triassic fossil reptile first discovered over 100 years ago in the north east of ...
Competition with China a ‘driving force’ for clean energy funding in the 21st century – study
The first major study of driving forces behind government funding of energy RD&D – and the public institutions generating it ...
Ecological tipping point: 5+ El Niño events per century controls coastal biotic communities
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon most famous for the El Niño phase characterized by warm ...
American River Basin Study finds that increasing temperatures and changing precipitation will impact basin through rest of 21st century
WASHINGTON – The American River Basin in central California expects to see increasing temperatures and a declining snowpack through the ...
Plankton will store more carbon as Earth’s climate warms – but storage beyond the end of the century is uncertain
The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of ...
Droughts in the sixth century paved the way for Islam
Extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. Researchers from the University of ...
New study finds extreme, severe drought impacting the upper Colorado River basin in the second century
DENVER – The drought currently impacting the upper Colorado River Basin is extremely severe. A new study from federal government ...
Water scarcity predicted to worsen in more than 80% of croplands globally this century
WASHINGTON—Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world's croplands by 2050, according to a ...
Impact of family background on children’s education unchanged in a century, research reveals
The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly ...
Busy mothers did less breastfeeding in 19th century Netherlands
A 19th century rural Dutch village had unusually low rates of breastfeeding, likely because mothers were busy working, according to ...
Lost bioscapes window into Polynesian settlement circa 12th century
Polynesian explorers discovered a treasure trove of unique plants and animals when they arrived in the Marquesas Islands of French ...
Advocating an African science at the end of the century
Historians note a shift from Eurocentric conceptualizations of science during the late nineteenth century. Spurred by a burgeoning print culture ...