ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

City Lights Confuse Urban Trees: Study Shows Climate Change and Daylight Extension Alter Growing Patterns of Plants

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 12.01.2021 04:13 AM

A study on the effects of city lights and climate change on urban trees reveals that they sprout leaves a week earlier than their rural counterparts.

South Africa to Rwanda: 30 White Rhinos Transported in Huge Conservation Operation

12.01.2021 03:35 AM

Conservationists relocate 30 white rhinos from South Africa to Rwanda in the largest single translocation ever attempted.

Echolocation: How Do Animals Like Bats Use This Hunting Technique For Survival by Predicting Prey Movement?

12.01.2021 02:47 AM

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that bats don't just use echolocation to hunt their prey but also use it to develop snapshots of predictions as to where their prey will appear next.

Great Oxygenation and Plankton Eradication Paved the Way For Mountains and Life on Earth

12.01.2021 02:37 AM

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen found that a large-scale plankton eradication after the Great Oxygenation Event acted as lubricants for rock slabs that paved the way for mountain and life formation.

Sun a 'Surprising Source' of Unexplained Water on Earth: What is Solar Wind Theory?

11.30.2021 20:16 PM

New research recently showed that solar winds that interact with grains of dust carried on asteroids may have contributed to filling the oceans on Earth with water.

Ethiopian Elephant Population Under Threat; Research Shows How Illegal Housings Put the Largest Land Animals at Risk

11.30.2021 04:23 AM

Researchers recently discovered that in the 11 years to 2017, the number of illegal houses in the sanctuary rose from 18,000 to more than 50,000.

How Can Ecosystem Benefit From Wildfires? The Right Level of Catastrophe Help Shape Ecology

11.30.2021 03:35 AM

Wildfires may be destructive, but some plants and animals have evolved to depend on the periodic wildfires to maintain ecological balance.

Denisovans: 200,000 Year Old Human Fossils Unearthed in SIberia

11.30.2021 02:10 AM

Researchers unearth the oldest Denisovan fossil ever recorded with stone tools resembling items unearthed in Israel.

Scientists Witness the ‘Best Coral Spawning Event’ on the Great Barrier Reef, Hope for ‘Recovery and Repair’ in Marine Organisms

11.29.2021 22:31 PM

Scientists have recently found new hope from the striking footage of a coral spawning occurrence on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia as they, among those who had firsthand experience of the spawning said "it's like being in a reverse snowstorm."

800-Year Old Peruvian Mummy Unearthed Rope-Bound in Cajamarquilla

11.29.2021 02:45 AM

Archaeologists in Peru uncover an 800-year-old rope-bound mummy in the Cajamarquilla excavation site suggesting the buried were of high status in the contemporary pre-Hispanic society.

Mammoth Tusks Dating Back to 100,000 Years Ago Unearthed Off the Coast of California

11.29.2021 01:40 AM

Researchers unearthed 100,000 year old mammoth tusks on the deep sea floor off of the coast of central California.

Himalayas Tibetan Plateau Unique Tectonic Construction Uncovered; What's Behind It's Decades-Long Mystery?

11.28.2021 21:40 PM

Chinese researchers claim that they have finally unraveled what makes the Himalayas Tibetan plateau unique by using deep seismic reflection profiling to understand the finer details of the intercontinental collision.

Possibilities of Life for Organisms at the Bottom of the Ocean, Other Planets Aside from Earth Discovered

11.28.2021 20:17 PM

Biogeoscientists have recently opened up new possibilities for life in the dark, at the bottom of the oceans of Earth, as well as in other places in the solar system.

Dinosaur Skeleton Unearthed: Scientists Say the Missouri Discovery Belongs to the Hadrosauridae Family

11.28.2021 02:16 AM

Scientists have recently identified a dinosaur skeleton, specifically, a duck-billed dinosaur called Parrosaurus missouriensis which they claim belongs to the Hadrosauridae family.

Humans May Have Broken the Natural Law Adversely Affecting the Global Ocean

11.27.2021 22:34 PM

It may sound unbelievable, but all forms in the ocean, from tiny krill to huge tuna, appear to abide by a mere mathematical law that associates an abundance of the organism to its body size.

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