The development of wind energy is expanding worldwide in an effort to limit greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change.
New Research Will Help Minimize Impact of Wind Energy Development on Migratory Birds
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Snake, Lizard T Cell Mystery
The slow-moving Australian sleepy lizard has raised new questions about vertebrate immunity after the surprise discovery of the evolutionary disappearance of genes needed for some T cell production in squamates.
New Method Can Predict Summer Rainfall in the Southwest Months in Advance
As reservoir levels dwindle in the arid southwestern United States, scientists have developed a method to estimate summer rainfall in the region months in advance.
SwRI-Led Team Finds Younger Exoplanets Better Candidates When Looking For Other Earths
As the scientific community searches for worlds orbiting nearby stars that could potentially harbor life, new Southwest Research Institute-led research suggests that younger rocky exoplanets are more likely to support temperate, Earth-like climates.
Study Develops Framework for Forecasting Contribution of Snowpack to Flood Risk During Winter Storms
In the Sierra Nevada, midwinter “rain-on-snow” events occur when rain falls onto existing snowpack and have resulted in some of the region’s biggest and most damaging floods.
Brazil’s Northeast Region Probably Dried up During Earth’s Last Minimum Axial Tilt Thousands of Years Ago
The São Francisco River drainage basin in Brazil’s Northeast region contains a substantial portion of the savanna-like Cerrado biome as well as large areas of Caatinga semi-arid thorn forest and some smaller fragments of Atlantic Rainforest.
