Nearly 13 kilometres per year: that is the rate at which the wintering area of Bewick's swans has shifted east over the past 50 years.
Where Have the Swans Gone?
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Accelerating Biological Systems Design For Sustainable Biomanufacturing
Northwestern Engineering synthetic biologists have developed a new rapid-prototyping system to accelerate the design of biological systems, reducing the time to produce sustainable biomanufacturing products from months to weeks.
Tiny Sand Grains Trigger Massive Glacial Surges
New model answers longstanding question of how these sudden flows happen; may expand understanding of Antarctic ice sheets.
90 Percent of U.S. Could Be Powered by Renewables by 2035
Despite America’s continued reliance on fossil fuels as its primary source of energy, the plummeting costs of alternative energy sources — like power harnessed from the sun or wind — is making them an increasingly viable choice on the competitive market.
The Many Lifetimes of Plastics
Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment. But is this information reliable?
A Carbon Sink Shrinks In The Arctic
New research by University of Delaware doctoral student Zhangxian Ouyang and oceanographer Wei-Jun Cai, and an international team of researchers, demonstrates that rapid warming and sea-ice loss have induced major changes in the western Arctic Ocean.
