Climate change is increasing the extent and severity of wildfires around the world.
Impact of Megafires on Estuaries: World-First Study
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High Plant Diversity Is Often Found in the Smallest of Areas
It might sound weird, but it's true: the steppes of Eastern Europe are home to a similar number of plant species as the regions of the Amazon rainforest.
Researchers Propose New Framework for Regulating Engineered Crops
A Policy Forum article published today in Science calls for a new approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) crops, arguing that current approaches for triggering safety testing vary dramatically among countries and generally lack scientific merit – particularly as advances in crop breeding have blurred the lines between conventional breeding and genetic engineering.
Better Metal Oxides to Boost the Green Credentials of Many Energy Applications
Researchers have solved a key hurdle in greener manufacturing, carbon capture, energy storage and gas purification – using metal oxides.
BC is Facing a Steep Decline in Sockeye Salmon
Our coastal marine ecosystems are changing rapidly—and some species are moving on.
These Mice Grow Bigger on the Rainier Sides of Mountains. It Might Be a New Rule of Nature.
Scientists studying mice from the Andes Mountains in Patagonia noticed something they couldn’t explain: the mice from the western side of the mountains were bigger than the ones from the east, but DNA said that they were all from the same species.
