A first-ever global analysis of cave drip waters has shown where stalagmites can provide vital clues towards understanding past rainfall patterns.
Cave Secrets Unlocked to Show Past Drought and Rainfall Patterns
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Grazing Animals Drove Domestication of Grain Crops
Many familiar grains today, like quinoa, amaranth, and the millets, hemp, and buckwheat, all have traits that indicate that they coevolved to be dispersed by large grazing mammals.
Summer Eurasian Nonuniform Warming Is Found Related to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
The positive-phase of Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) can indeed cause Eurasian summer nonuniform warming, according to Prof. LI Shuanglin, Dean of Atmospheric Science at the University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and Executive Vice-Director at the Climate Change Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and one of the authors of a recently published study in Advances of Atmospheric Sciences.
How an Afternoon Tipple Made from Peas Could Help Save the Rainforest
For those inclined, it’s the season for a cold, refreshing gin and tonic.
NASA-NOAA Satellite Catches Hurricane Barbara’s Closing Eye
Hurricane Barbara continued to track west through the Eastern Pacific Ocean when NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on July 4.
Castor Oil-Based Inhibitors to Remove Gas Hydrate Plugs in Arctic Deposits
Gas hydrate plugs not only obstruct flow but also speed up metal deformation.
