ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Climate Change: The Culprit Behind the Disappearance of Three Islets

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.22.2019 09:33 AM

Scientists report the mechanism on the disappearance of islands Things changed during the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Different developments have been made which made the life of people easier.

Greenland Lost 4 Trillion Pounds Of Ice In Just 1 Day

06.21.2019 09:39 AM

As the heat wave that struck the southeastern United States made its way up to Greenland, the ice-covered island recorded over 2 billion tons of ice melt in just one day.

Atlanta’s 7-Acre Free Food Forest

06.21.2019 09:34 AM

Eighty-five percent of the city’s residents will be within one-half mile of fresh food by 2021. Atlanta has a large expanse of land, over seven acres, in fact, that wasn't being used.

How Climate Change Affect Coffee and Cocoa Production System

06.21.2019 09:32 AM

The new study explored which tree species may be more successful in future coffee and cocoa plantations to create more benign microclimates

Experts Call for Urgent Global Change to River Management and Modeling

06.21.2019 09:28 AM

The paper is a call for the uptake of these approaches to allow for a scientifically robust basis for managing for resilience in rivers under climate change

Animals’ Brain Activity ‘Sync’ During Social Interactions, Studies Show

06.20.2019 15:34 PM

These studies suggest that something similar occurs when animals engage in natural social interactions and discover that some aspects of the animals’ social behavior can be predicted based on neural observations

Excessive Courtship Displays Make Wolf Spiders Easy Target for Birds

06.20.2019 13:57 PM

Researchers noted that by courting the way they do, they are putting themselves at risk of bird predators

Survey Shows Last Year as the Largest Loss of Honeybees Ever Recorded

06.20.2019 13:53 PM

Honeybees pollinate billions of dollars worth of food crops in the United States each year, so their health is critical to food production and supply.

New Zealand Wants to Plant 1 Billion Trees to Fight Climate Change

06.20.2019 13:29 PM

Environmental rehabilitation is happening in other parts of the world, too. New Zealand is getting closer to finalizing their plan to plant 1 billion trees, according to Stuff.

Research Suggests that T-Rex Had a Remarkable Sense of Smell

06.20.2019 13:02 PM

Tyrannosaurus rex likely had a sense of smell only slightly less powerful than that of a modern house cat.

Crop-Killing Climate Out To Destroy Midwest Farms

06.20.2019 11:20 AM

Constant rain showers has led to flooding that left farms in the Midwest to suffer. Infrastructure damages along with all the crops that had gone to waste -- all these have been the result of devastatingly strong rainfall that led to flooding.

Toothbrushes Are a Significant Part of the Plastic Crisis

06.20.2019 11:16 AM

Many toothbrushes are unrecyclable, because the composite plastics most are now made of are difficult, if not impossible, to break apart efficiently.

New “Pinocchio” Frog Discovered in New Guinea

06.20.2019 11:13 AM

A herpetologist discovered these curious-looking amphibians on a field expedition in Indonesia’s Foja Mountains.

Scientists Discovered New Species of Rock-Eating Shipworm in Freshwater in the Philippines

06.20.2019 10:58 AM

Researchers said that these animals are among the most essential in the river and this ecosystem Scientists have discovered a new genus and species of worm-like freshwater clam, commonly known as a shipworm, eats rock and expels sands as scat while it burrows like an ecosystem engineer in the Abatan River in the Philippines.

Successful ‘Alien’ Birds Invasions are Location Dependent

06.20.2019 09:25 AM

Alien species are the primary driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, so there is a clear and urgent need for better biosecurity measures to prevent or mitigate the impact of future invasions and protect endangered native species

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