Geography

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with an estimated 79 million Americans currently infected with the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If a high-risk HPV…

For outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of oceanographyCredit: Eric Laycock The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Dr. Dawn Wright for being selected as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society. The citation on…

Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife.Credit: Satellite image (c) 2020 Maxar Technologies For the first time, scientists have successfully used…

Credit: Noce, S., Caporaso, L. & Santini, M. A new global dataset of bioclimatic indicators. Sci Data 7, 398 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00726-5 Creative Commons License: CC BY... Climate change impacts, affecting…

An outcome of the MARCAN project, led by the University of MaltaCredit: MARCAN Groundwater flow and seepage can form large gullies along coastal cliffs in the matter of days, it has been discovered, as per a recently-published…

Regional study describes changes in extreme streamflow over last centuryCredit: Figure courtesy of Evan Dethier. HANOVER, N.H. - January 7, 2021 - The number of "extreme streamflow" events observed in river systems have increased…

For the first time in Israel: Drilling under the bed of the Dead Sea; Documents 220,000 years of earthquakesCredit: Tel Aviv University A first-of-its-kind study conducted under the bed of the Dead Sea reveals that a devastating…

Westerlies moved poleward in the past, as they are doing nowCredit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE The westerlies--or westerly winds--play an important role in weather and climate both locally…

The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse and previously unreported bacterial strains from the Tabernas DesertCredit: Molina-Menor, Gimeno-Valero, Peretó and Porcar Microorganisms are the…

First direct observation of magnetic field affecting autofluorescence of flavins in living cellsCredit: Video by Ikeya and Woodward, CC BY, originally published in PNAS DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018043118 Researchers in Japan have made the first…

Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife. International research, involving over 170 experts and led by the University of Leeds, assessed the opportunities and…

Credit: Fanny Moffette / University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to…

Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecastsCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers have uncovered how rain and…

Two Andean warbler species that typically occur at different elevations and hunt by tricking insects to escape can co-occur at the same elevation due to fragmentation of tropical montane forests caused by human agricultural practicesCredit:…

The water levels of the Caspian Sea will be 9 to 18 meters lower than they are now, German and Dutch researchers calculate. In the Nature-journal Communications Earth & Environment they urge the world to act.Credit: Naturalis The…

A diamond lasts forever, but that doesn't mean all diamonds have a common history Washington, DC-- A diamond lasts forever, but that doesn't mean all diamonds have a common history. Some diamonds were formed billions of years ago in…

Seismometers listen to the resonance vibration of the Hochvogel, AllgäuCredit: TU München The entire summit of the 2592 metres high Hochvogel is sliced by a five metres wide and thirty metres long fracture. It continues to open up by…

University of Tsukuba researchers have developed a state-of-the-art model, which has revealed major complexity in rupture processes even in simple oceanic faultsCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Researchers from the…

The global food system could drive rapid and widespread biodiversity loss if not changed, new research has found. Findings published in Nature Sustainability shows that the global food system will need to be transformed to prevent…

Research on Indonesia shows effect of human modificationCredit: T. Smith A new study led by researchers in the Geography Department at Swansea University reveals the extreme scale of loss and fragmentation of tropical forests, which…