Research on global biodiversity has long assumed that present-day biodiversity patterns reflect present-day factors, namely contemporary climate and human activities.
Connecting the Prehistoric Past to the Global Future
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Predicting Power Failures That Could Lead To Wildfires
Technology developed by Texas A&M researchers has been successfully tested by several Texas utilities, and is now being tested by California utilities.
The Toxic Chemicals That Leach into Soil, Dust, Skin and Lungs – and Don’t Break Down
They’re called “forever chemicals” because once they enter the human body, they remain there for decades.
Effects of Natural Gas Assessed in Study of Shale Gas Boom in Appalachian Basin
Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for generating electricity in the United States, accounting for a third of production and consumption of energy.
Agricultural Parasite Avoids Evolutionary Arms Race, Shuts down Genes of Host
A parasitic plant has found a way to circumvent an evolutionary arms race with the host plants from which it steals nutrients, allowing the parasite to thrive on a variety of agriculturally important plants.
Seasonal Forecasts Challenged by Pacific Ocean Warming
CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a consequence of changes to long-term climate variability patterns in the Pacific Ocean.
