ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Sugadaira Highlands Kogen Biome Unveiled: New Study Shows How the Area Has Been Rapidly Losing Its Grasslands the Last 300 Years

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 10.06.2021 21:41 PM

New research carried out by researchers at the University of Tsukuba Forestry, and Forest Products Research Institute recently unveiled the Sugadaira Highlands Kogen biome for the past three centuries.

Why Do Squirrels Collect Nuts? Man Discovered His Pickup Truck Became a Storehouse After Finding 150Kg Walnuts

10.06.2021 21:26 PM

Squirrels collect and store nuts for the winter season. However, scientists still do not fully understand this unique behavior, which raises more questions for squirrel enthusiasts.

Actual Hurricane Experience: Watch How, What It’s Like to Be Inside a Twister

10.06.2021 18:42 PM

A video was recently shot inside a hurricane that recently occurred, to exhibit what and how it's actually like to be inside the twister that took place.

Extreme Melting of Arctic Permafrost May Free Trapped Ancient Viruses, Radioactive Waves

10.06.2021 06:08 AM

A new study sayd that climate change could make the Arctic permafrost thinner, triggering the release of unknown, ancient virus.

Twinning Sea Turtles: Conservation Workers Discover a Rare Occurrence, a Pair Sharing the Same Egg, After Nest Excavation

10.06.2021 01:45 AM

Conservation workers recently discovered two turtles sharing the same egg. This discovery came following an excavation of nests done by the Juara Turtle Project in Tioman, Malaysia.

Why Are More Acorns Falling? Excessive Drops of Nuts from Oak Trees Is Part of Normal 'Mast Year' Phenomenon

10.06.2021 01:01 AM

During mast year, acorns are abundantly dropping from oak trees in most of the states. Oaks had been producing a massive amount of acorn nuts recently in some of the regions in the United States.

Acheulean Tool-Making Tradition May Have Persisted Until About 177,000 Years Ago Before Homo Sapiens Arrived

10.05.2021 23:55 PM

New research has re-examined one site of the longest-lasting tool-making tradition called Acheulean at the margins of the monsoon zone in India to reveal that they might have endured until the arrival of Homo sapiens.

Spider Silk: Research Reveals Cobweb's Role in Treating Wound; Scientists Attempt Detection of Antimicrobial Activity

10.05.2021 23:16 PM

New research recently suggested that spider silk may not be quite as charming a creature most humans have been led to believe.

Ancestral Gene Responsible For Tetrapod's Postaxial and Preaxial Limb Evolution Identified

10.05.2021 22:18 PM

A new study wa able to identify what ancestral gene caused the shift between preaxial and postaxial limb development in the evolution of vertebrate tetrapods.

‘Dinosaur Shrimp’ Discovery in Northern Arizona; Unusual Finding of Hundreds of Tadpole-Size Creatures After Heavy Rainfall

10.05.2021 21:21 PM

After a heavy summer downpour in Arizona, reports of a "dinosaur shrimp" discovery have spread, identifying the new find as "Triops," tadpole-size creatures.

Mastodon Tooth Found in Michigan by a 6-Year-Old Boy Who Thought It Was From a Dragon

10.05.2021 02:21 AM

The 12,000-year-old mastodon tooth that six-year-old Julian Gagnon found while hiking with his family is now in the care of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.

Magnesium Can Make Carbon Capture Technology Faster; Could Bury Molecules Under the Sea for Hundreds of Years

10.04.2021 07:05 AM

A new study made carbon capture technology better by inducing the model with magnesium, forming crystalized hydrates that could be burried under the sea for more than centuries.

Earth's Evolution: Photosynthesis Might Have Started 400 Million Years Before the Great Oxidation

10.04.2021 05:09 AM

When did photosynthesis start? The new gene-analyzing technique provided evidence that it might have begun even before the Great Oxidation Event, suggesting a new timeline of Earth's evolutionary history.

126,000 Gallon Oil Spill Across Orange County Coastline Causes Beaches to Close, Cancel an Air Show

10.04.2021 01:40 AM

An oil spill from an offshore rig across led to a six-mile-wide leak through the Orange County coastline last weekend that caused beaches to close.

How Will Painting in Gray the Streets of Phoenix Reduce Road Surface Temperatures? Researchers Reveal Mechanism Behind It

10.04.2021 01:12 AM

Researchers in Arizona have found that by painting the streets in Phoenix with gray paint, they could reduce average road surface temperatures by reflecting sunlight that hits it.

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