Average global crop yields for maize, or corn, may see a decrease of 24% by late century, with the declines becoming apparent by 2030, with high greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new NASA study.
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Drought, Heavy Rain and Heat Waves Will Affect Tourism Business
A new study for the Federal German Environment Agency with PIK participation shows how travel regions can adapt to climate change.
Is Ski Tourism Heading Downhill Thanks to Climate Change?
Staffordshire University graduate Rachael Carver and Professor Fiona Tweed investigate the impacts of melting snow and ice on the future of tourism in a new paper published in Geography.
App Tracks Harmful Mosquitos with Help from Crowdsourced Science
While collecting data using an app, volunteers have the chance to support research and fight mosquito populations on the ground.
How Bread Wheat Got Its Gluten: Tracing the Impact of a Long-Lost Relative on Modern Bread Wheat
In a study which appears in Nature Biotechnology researchers sequenced the DNA from 242 unique accessions of Aegilops tauschii gathered over decades from across its native range – from Turkey to Central Asia.
Nanoplastics Found in the Alps, Transported by Air From Frankfurt, Paris and London
A team of researchers have found nanoplastics at the pristine high-altitude Sonnblick Observatory in the Alps.


