Tiny Desert Crusts Hold Winter Snow — and Carbon — in Place
A long-term field study shows moss-dominated biocrusts retain winter snowpack in cold deserts, sustaining soil biogeochemistry and microbial carbon cycling ...
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Baltic Region Faces Surge in Compound Drought and Heatwave Days by 2100
A new CMIP6-based study projects that compound drought and heatwave days in the eastern Baltic Sea region could increase by ...
Coffee Climbs the Mountain: Warming Drives an Unexpected Reforestation Boom in Ethiopia
Rising temperatures are pushing Ethiopian smallholders to plant Arabica coffee at unprecedented elevations, and because most new farms are established ...
How Changing What We Eat Could Restore Biodiversity and Fix Food Systems
A new perspective in Discover Sustainability argues that demand-driven dietary shifts are an underused, high-leverage policy lever for tackling climate ...
Himalayan Thyme Reveals Pollen Trade-Off That May Threaten Its Mountaintop Future
A study of Himalayan wild thyme along a 1,700-meter elevation gradient reveals that plants at high altitude produce substantially more ...
Poorest Households Could Spend Half Their Income on Food by 2050, Study Warns
A new MIT-led modeling study projects that by 2050 the world's poorest households in some regions could spend nearly half ...
Atmospheric dryness acts as a brake on future typhoon rainfall, Hong Kong study finds
A University of Hong Kong-led study shows that warming-induced atmospheric dryness suppresses tropical cyclone rainfall efficiency, explaining why climate models ...
Wildfire Smoke Reached Every Chicago Neighborhood, but Not Equally
A new study of Chicago's summer 2023 wildfire smoke episodes shows that while the hazardous haze blanketed every neighborhood in ...
Microbes’ Energy Budget, Not Carbon Supply, Governs How Much Carbon Soils Can Store
A global analysis shows that soil carbon storage is controlled less by the amount of carbon entering soils and more ...
Climate Change Has Eroded a Twentieth of Europe’s Bumblebee Habitat Since 1901
A counterfactual modelling study attributes a five percent average and up to nineteen percent local loss of European bumblebee habitat ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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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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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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