Plans to restore Indonesian peatlands are a cost-effective strategy for reducing the impacts of peatland fires to the environment, climate and human health, says a new study.
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New Vaccine Ingredient Shows Promise
Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have found a possible way to improve the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines—and any vaccine.
Policy Interventions Could Help Farmers Economically Survive in Vulnerable Regions
A project investigated how different climate scenarios and policy interventions could affect smallholder farmers in Nepal.
Venice Holds Back the Adriatic Sea
A long-awaited system of movable floodgates is starting to protect the city from the highest tides.
How Does the Climate Crisis Affect the Antarctic Fur Seal?
The climate crisis is limiting the availability of krill —small crustaceans that are vital in the marine food chain— during summer in some areas of the Antarctica.
NASA-Supported Study Confirms Importance of Southern Ocean for Absorbing CO2
Many factors affect the flux of carbon into and out of Earth’s oceans, including ocean surface winds.
