Aging societies more vulnerable to collapse
Societies and political structures, like the humans they serve, appear to become more fragile as they age, according to an ...
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Experts predict ‘catastrophic ecosystem collapse’ of UK forests within the next 50 years if action not taken
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND FORESTRY ENGLAND EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 GMT/LONDON TIME ON WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2023 ...
Societal collapse is underway and museums can be unlikely heroes, suggests expert
Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat presents evidence and theories around collapse and extinction, while locating the responsibility ...
Preventing ground collapse through new AI-based monitoring
As severe urban overcrowding is trending worldwide many underground development projects are being carried out in metropolitan centers worldwide. South ...
New study uncovers the Causes of the Qing Dynasty’s Collapse
The Qing Dynasty in China, after over 250 years, crumbled in 1912. Led by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), an ...
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century. Important ocean currents that redistribute ...
Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds
The deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, say scientists. Such decline of this ocean ...
KICT develops a ground & structure collapse detection sensor
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, President Kim Byung-suk) developed a smart sensor that detects signs ...
New study finds early warning signs prior to 2002 Antarctic ice shelf collapse
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In 2002, an area of ice about the size of Rhode Island dramatically broke away from ...
New study reveals biodiversity loss drove ecological collapse after the “Great Dying”
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 24, 2023) — The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, ...
European big cat population threatened with extinction as genetics show the population is near collapse
Scientists warn that if action isn’t taken soon, the Eurasian lynx will vanish from France. This elusive wild cat, which ...
Pusan National University researchers simulate bubble collapse near oscillating walls
Bubble dynamics plays a significant role in mechanics, chemistry, medicine, and biology. Understanding their interactions with the surrounding walls of ...
Climate tipping: West Antarctica ice sheet collapse may stabilise northern ocean currents
It has been hypothesised, that the tipping of one element of the Earth’s system can catalyse the tipping of others ...
Scientists discover mechanism that can cause collapse of great Atlantic circulation system
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), a system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics into the ...
Study links cold water shock to catastrophic coral collapse in the Eastern Pacific
Marine heatwaves brought about by climate change are known to be responsible for mass mortality on some of the planet’s ...
5 extraordinary turnarounds needed to reduce risk of regional collapse and climate catastrophe
Science Summit at the 77th UN General Assembly: Five extraordinary turnarounds for prosperity on a healthy planet Credit: Earth4All Science ...
Rising inequality risks regional collapse and climate catastrophe, experts warn in “Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity”
Left unchecked, rising inequality in the next 50 years will lead to increasingly dysfunctional societies, making co-operation to deal with ...
Researchers develop equations to prevent the collapse of our globe’s most imperiled ecosystems
TROY, N.Y. — News headlines on extreme weather, melting ice caps, and threatened species are daily reminders of our changing ...
And when will YOUR medical care collapse?
A retirement wave, mass quarantine, or lack of interest to work in the countryside: There are numerous reasons why ...
Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History examined the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ...
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Fungus from Arrakis: New species named after Dune’s giant worms
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New chemistry can extract virgin-grade materials from wind turbine blades in one process
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Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony
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Acer i-Seed: the first eco-friendly fluorescent artificial seed for monitoring soil temperature by using drones
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Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst