One quarter of the world’s tropical land could disappear by the end of the century unless meat and dairy consumption falls, researchers have warned.
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Cleaning Up: Cameroon Chemist Turns Oil Waste into Soap
The disposal of used cooking oil and fat from food waste is an issue facing cities around the world.
University Doing Its Part To Protect Endangered Barn Swallows
When Stephen King was growing up in North Portal, Saskatchewan, barn swallows were a common sight.
Alzheimer’s Disease Destroys Neurons that Keep Us Awake
Researchers and caregivers have noted that excessive daytime napping can develop long before the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease begin to unfold.
Collaboration Revitalizes Threatened Fish Species
In the 1920s, scientists identified aurora trout as a new species native only to northeastern Ontario.
Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor
Scientists have taken the temperature of a huge expanse of seafloor in the Arctic Ocean in new research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada.