ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

New Studies Describe How We Can Battle Climate Change and Its Effects

ENERGY 12.19.2019 09:45 AM

Two new initiatives are calling for sustainable ways to battle climate change Climate change can no longer be denied. News of its effects are scattered left, and right and calls from scientists and environmental activists to hold big companies accountable for their contribution to carbon dioxide emissions are getting louder.

Abandoned Fishing Net Kills Hundreds of Sharks

12.19.2019 05:15 AM

Along with plastic straws and other trash in the ocean, abandoned fishnets are rampant. However, unlike plastic straws, fishnets are specifically designed to capture and kill.

Migration Pattern of Birds Are Getting Disrupted By Climate Change on a Continental Scale

12.18.2019 08:42 AM

The study, which is published in Nature, is a first of its kind: it is one of the first observations on the impacts of climate change in bird migration timing on a continental scale.

A Group of Scientists Suggest that Plants Feel Pain

12.18.2019 08:10 AM

According to researchers from Tel Aviv University, plants can feel pain and they send out ultrasonic sounds when they experience environmental stress

SpaceX 2020 Mission: Send Coffee to ISS

12.18.2019 06:36 AM

Experiments like this create a path to understanding how plants will adapt to extreme environments like the zero-gravity setting of the International Space Station and enable agribusinesses like Front Range Biosciences to breed crops that can withstand harsh environments and can adapt to climate change.

Scientists and Climate Activists Frustrated at the Lack of Concrete Actions From the Recently Concluded COP25

12.17.2019 10:35 AM

However, on the bright side, there are still countries that are actively fighting for this cause and mostly they are the developing countries and island nations.

Invasive Spotted-Wing Drosophila May Now Be Controlled with Newly Discovered Biological Control Agent

12.17.2019 10:34 AM

Entomologists from the Oregon State University observed a parasitic wasp that was able to show great potential in attacking and controlling the spotted-wing drosophila.

How Did Primates Develop a Way of Pronouncing Vowels? A New Study Opens A Window in Undestanding Human Speech

12.16.2019 08:27 AM

"The configuration of the vocal tract-the resonating tube of the throat and mouth, from the vocal folds to the lips -- determines the sound," Louis-Jean Boe explains. "That, in turn, means that the sound carries information about the vocal tract configuration that made it. This relationship is the core understanding of speech science."

Heatwave in NSW, Australia Caused By Bushfire Destroys Many Homes

12.16.2019 08:04 AM

In Mount Wilson, a house was burned down along with several sheds and at Mount Tomah, buildings were destroyed.

Greta Thunberg Hailed as TIME's 2019 Person of the Year, Announces Another Strike for Climate Change

12.13.2019 05:47 AM

TIME magazine has been choosing its people of the year since 1927 and their primary criteria for choosing the Person of the Year is that the particular person, group, object, or idea has done the most to influence the events of the year for better or for worse.

The Great Oxidation Event Explained: Scientists Developed a Model to Describe How the Tectonic Plates Affected the History of the Atmosphere

12.12.2019 09:47 AM

Scientists behind the study used detail modeling and discovered that an increase in tectonic activity produced new volcanoes prior to the Great Oxidation Event which pumped big amounts of carbon dioxide in the air which led to the warming of the climate, increased rainfall, and leading to more minerals washed into the ocean.

New Species of Spider Found in Mexico Able to Rot Human Flesh

12.12.2019 09:36 AM

The arachnid, like all species in the genus Loxosceles, is venomous. However, L.tenochtitlan is different because its venom is capable of rotting human flesh.

Full Cold Moon and the Planets Venus and Saturn Will Visible in the Skies This Week!

12.11.2019 10:57 AM

Telescopes out! This week experience the spectacle of the Full Cold Moon and the Venus-Saturn Conjunction

Concrete Climate Solutions are the Key to End These Climate Protests

12.11.2019 10:49 AM

With the lack of concrete climate solutions, Greta Thunberg says that the school strikes over the past year have achieved nothing.

Death Toll Increases as New Zealand's White Island Volcano Erupts

12.11.2019 10:31 AM

Death could have been prevented if early warning has been given. A volcanic eruption on New Zealand's White Island is the cause of the death of at least five people with more than 30 people wounded.

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