About 175 000 plant species – half of all flowering plants – mostly or completely rely on animal pollinators to make seeds and so to reproduce.
First Global Estimate of Importance of Pollinators for Seed Production in Plants
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Scientists Discover Large Rift in the Arctic's Last Bastion of Thick Sea Ice
A new study documents the formation of a 3,000-square-kilometer rift in the oldest and thickest Arctic ice.
New Limits on Water Use Spur Conservation Measures Among Farmers in California’s Central Valley
A 2014 California law intended to protect the state’s depleted aquifers is going into effect, requiring farms not to pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished.
Seismic Forensics and Its Importance for Early Warning
The scientific description of the catastrophic rockslide of February 7, 2021, in India’s Dhauli Ganga Valley reads like a forensic report.
The Climate-Driven Mass Extinction No One Had Seen
Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy to icy.
Street-Level Maps to Help Plan For Floods, Disasters
A tool that generates street-level maps of areas with high flood risk promises to aid future disaster planning as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
