Lizards develop new ‘love language’: Animal chemical signals shift after only four generations
Fig 1. A male Podarcis erhardii, the Aegean wall lizardRelocated in small groups to experimental islands, lizards rapidly and repeatedly developed new chemical signals...
Flamingos form firm friendships
Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows. The five-year study reveals that, despite being highly social as part of large flocks,...
Air quality improves by up to 40% in cities that acted on COVID-19, researcher...
Cities that declared a state of emergency in February due to outbreaks of COVID-19 saw air pollution decrease by up to 40% as businesses...
The Ocean’s ‘Biological Pump’ Captures More Carbon Than Expected
Fig 1. Carbon loss traditional measurement at 150 meters compared to carbon loss measurement considering depth of sunlight penetration. Every spring in the Northern...
March 2020 among hottest on record: EU
Temperatures last month were among the hottest on record for March, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Monday, with particularly extreme warm weather...
Ammonia has been missing in portraying air pollution impacts
Nitrogen is essential for all living things. Synthetic fertilizer, which contains rich reactive nitrogen, has sustained food production, but the nitrogen it emits is...
The right dose of geoengineering could reduce climate change risks, study says
Stratospheric
aerosol geoengineering is the idea that adding a layer of aerosol particles to
the upper atmosphere can reduce climate changes caused by greenhouse gases such
as...
Research shows mangrove conservation can pay for itself in flood protection
The
natural coastal defenses provided by mangrove forests reduce annual flooding
significantly in critical hotspots around the world. Without mangroves, flood
damages would increase by more than...
Can poor air quality make you gain weight?
Study shows pollution harms gut bacteria, contributes to diabetes, obesity A new study links air pollution to changes
in the human gut microbiome which could...
How plants sound the alarm about danger
Just
like humans and other animals, plants have hormones. One role of plant hormones
is to perceive trouble—whether an insect attack, drought or intense heat or
cold—and...

























