Camels have evolved a seemingly counterintuitive approach to keeping cool while conserving water in a scorching desert environment: They have a thick coat of insulating fur.
Power-Free System Harnesses Evaporation to Keep Items Cool
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Climate Change Causes Landfalling Hurricanes to Stay Stronger for Longer
Climate change is causing hurricanes that make landfall to take more time to weaken, reports a study published today in leading journal, Nature.
Biologists Search for Lost Tag with Vital Killer Whale Data
Biologists used to studying endangered Southern Resident killer whales spent almost a week in September on a whole different kind of effort.
Leaf-Cutter Bees as Plastic Recyclers? Not a Good Idea
Plastic has become ubiquitous in modern life and its accumulation as waste in the environment is sounding warning bells for the health of humans and wildlife.
Drone Surveys Reveal Fire Damage And Recovery In UC Natural Reserves
August wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres in seven UC natural reserves, including a quarter of UC Berkeley’s Hastings Natural History Reservation in Carmel Valley.
Extreme Rainfall Projected To Get More Severe, Frequent With Warming
Across the continental United States, massive, often-devastating precipitation events — the kind that climate scientists have long called “hundred-year storms” — could become three times more likely and 20% more severe by 2079.
