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Skydiving Salamanders Live In World’s Tallest Trees

Salamanders that live their entire lives in the crowns of the world’s tallest trees, California’s coast redwoods, have evolved a behavior well-adapted to the dangers of falling from high places: the ability to parachute, glide and maneuver in mid-air.

Increasing Urban Greenery Could Have Prevented at Least 34,000 Deaths over Two Decades

A new analysis found that between 34,000-38,000 could have been reduced with local increases in green vegetation in US metropolitan areas from 2000-2019.

North East Experts Chosen to Work With Arctic Communities on New Climate Change Technology

Northumbria University researchers are part of a unique team working on a new £1m project to better equip Indigenous communities in the Arctic against the disproportionate impacts of climate change.

Human-Made Iron Inputs to the Southern Ocean Ten Times Higher Than Previously Estimated

Although it is important to control emissions of CO2 to mitigate global warming, atmospheric levels of the gas are also related to how quickly it is removed from the air by the means of land and ocean storage.

Thawing Permafrost In Sweden Releases Less Methane Than Feared, Study Finds

A study in northern Sweden found that melting permafrost released one tenth as much methane as expected, suggesting emissions from thawing Arctic tundra could be less than previously feared.