ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

More Than 70 Gray Whales Dead in 6 Months, and Scientists Don't Understand Why

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.12.2019 18:53 PM

Since January 2019, more than 70 gray whales were found dead and scientists are concerned Since the start of 2019, more than 70 dead gray whales have washed up on the coasts of California, Alaska, Washington and Canada.

Dolphins Form Friendship through Shared Interest like Humans

06.12.2019 17:39 PM

The team discovered that male spongers spend more time associating with other male spongers than they do non-spongers, these bonds are based on similar foraging technique and not related to other factors

Evolutionary Discovery Sets to Rewrite Textbooks

06.12.2019 17:02 PM

Multi-celled animals evolved from a single-celled ancestor resembling a modern sponge cell known as a choanocyte

The Rise of Plastic Pollutions Threatens Seabird Species and Marine Life

06.12.2019 16:52 PM

A recent global study estimated the mass of land-based plastic waste entering the ocean to be between 4.8 to 12.7 million tons, nine years ago.

A New Global Deal for Nature and People is Urgently Needed

06.12.2019 16:24 PM

The time to make a change is upon us, action is the only solution. Few people have had the chance to find themselves on the cusp of a truly historic transformation.

New Findings Show Pesticide DDT Persists in Remote Lakes at Concerning Levels

06.12.2019 11:24 AM

Pesticide use can result in persistent and permanent changes in aquatic ecosystems The pesticide DDT persists in remote lakes at concerning levels half a century it was banned, affecting critical marine species and potentially entire lake food webs, according to new findings of a multi-university research team published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science & Technology of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.

Pollinators: What’s All the Buzz About?

06.12.2019 08:44 AM

Our food production depends heavily on pollinators. The majority of flowering plants are pollinated by insects and other animals. It has been estimated that the proportion of animal-pollinated wild plant species rises from an average of 78 percent in temperate-zone communities to 94 percent in tropical communities.

Ocean Habitats Are On a Steep Decline

06.12.2019 08:43 AM

A crisis for biodiversity also risks becoming a major humanitarian challenge. Billions of people worldwide - especially the world's poorest- rely on healthy oceans to provide livelihoods, jobs and food and the range of goods and services that flow from coastal and marine environments.

The Impacts of Land Degradation

06.12.2019 08:30 AM

Preventing degradation is much cheaper in the long run than permitting it. Land degradation is the persistent reduction of the capacity of the land to support both biodiversity and human needs.

Breakthrough in the Discovery of DNA in Ancient Bones Buried in Water

06.11.2019 16:51 PM

According to carbon datings of the bones belonged to people that died 500 to 700 AD, the results of the study suggested that Sami People inhabited the Isokyro region in ancient times

New Study Revealed Troubling Changes to Food Web in the Baltic Sea

06.11.2019 13:41 PM

Since the 1990s, oxygen levels in the Baltic Sea have reduced, in significant part due to eutrophication, creating vast oxygen-free areas

Wealthy Nations Seek Solutions at Home as More Developing Countries Reject Plastic Waste Exports

06.11.2019 11:19 AM

Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit.

Scientists Uncovered the Hidden History of a Giant Asteroid

06.11.2019 10:43 AM

The scientists provided a confident framework for understanding Vesta’s geological timeline, including the massive collision that caused the formation of the thick crust

Plant Scientists Discover Gene that Can Potentially Increase Crop Yields

06.11.2019 10:41 AM

Researchers have brought this goal a step closer by finding Phloem Unloading Modulator (PLM), a new gene that affects nutrient trafficking by altering the channels connecting neighboring plant cells called plasmodesmata

Last-Ditch Calls for Further Investigation on Coal Mine Harm

06.11.2019 10:38 AM

Experts raised concerns that the ancient Doongmabulla Springs faces a ‘reasonable threat of extinction’ from Adani’s proposed Galilee Basin coal mine, which echoes previous research by CSIRO and Geoscience Australia