ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

How Climate Change Affect Coffee and Cocoa Production System

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 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

Dragonflies for Mosquito Control

06.19.2019 09:31 AM

A list of 10 plants that attract dragonflies for mosquito control. Dragonflies are some of the best predators to keep mosquito populations low. Not only do they scavenge the skies in adulthood, but they eat large numbers of mosquito larvae in their larval form--which happens in the water.

Discarded Pottery Around Ancient Man Made Islands Has Scientists Stunned

06.19.2019 09:20 AM

A local diver found distinctively Neolithic pottery in the water around an artificial island. Artificial islands commonly known as crannogs dot hundreds of Scottish and Irish lakes and waterways.

Experts Warn Against Significant Consequences for Leaving Microbes Out of Climate Change Conversation

06.19.2019 09:06 AM

The researchers hope that their statement will raise awareness both for how microbes can influence climate change and how they will be impacted by it, calling for including microbes in climate change research, increasing the use of research involving unique technologies, and improving education in classrooms

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