Rainfall’s Hidden Threshold: Moderate Wet Weeks Drive Diarrhea and Skin Infections in Rural Gambia
A thirteen-year analysis of clinic records in rural Gambia finds moderate weekly rainfall raises the risk of diarrheal disease and ...
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Rainfall Decides How Long Soybean Farmers Must Wait After Atrazine Burndown
A Brazilian field study shows that rainfall and soil moisture, not a fixed calendar interval, determine how quickly atrazine dissipates ...
Rice Yields in Northern Nigeria Ride a Climate Rollercoaster, 30-Year Study Finds
A 30-year analysis of climate and rice yields in Kadawa, Nigeria, reveals extreme rainfall and temperature swings that are destabilizing ...
Ancient Australian Rainfall Was More Complex Than Ice Age Records Suggest
A new analysis of 69 paleoenvironmental archives from tropical Australia suggests that ancient rainfall patterns were likely as complex as ...
Rainfall and Plastic: New Survey Reveals What Litters Oman’s Sea of Oman Coastline
A transect-level survey of four Omani coastal sites found plastics made up 62 percent of marine litter and that a ...
Rainfall Before Flowering Predicts Honey Yields, Machine Learning Study Finds
An international research team has built an open, reproducible machine learning workflow that classifies honey seasons as poor, moderate, or ...
Six-Year Light Trap Study Reveals How Weather Drives Rice Pest Outbreaks in Bangladesh
A six-year light trap study in northern Bangladesh shows that rice pest outbreaks peak in the monsoon Aman season and ...
Heavy Rainfall Raises Vector-Borne Disease Risk Across South Asia, Major Review Finds
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 81 studies quantifies how heavy rainfall and flooding increase dengue, malaria, chikungunya and Japanese ...
Island Communities and Satellite Records Tell a Shared Story of Storms, Runoff and Reef Fish Poisoning
A new study of Ambae Island, Vanuatu, finds that community perceptions of intensifying rainfall and cyclones broadly match satellite records, ...
Climate Shocks Drive Long-Term Swings in Algeria’s Wheat Production, Simulation Study Finds
A new econometric study of five decades of Algerian data shows that rainfall boosts wheat production while rising temperatures inflict ...
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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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