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A new international study has found that the concentration of plastics and microplastics in some lakes is worse than in ‘garbage patches’ of oceans, and debris is reaching the most remote places of the world.
Butterflies with smaller or lighter coloured wings are likely to be ‘losers’ when it comes to climate change, with the Lycaenidae family, which contains over 6,000 species of butterflies, the majority of which live in the tropics, found to be particularly vulnerable.
An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.
Rising ocean temperatures are sweeping the seas, breaking records and creating problematic conditions for marine life.
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have discovered a compound that uses a chemical reaction to store ammonia, potentially offering a safer and easier way to store this important chemical.
Algorithms can predict what movies or songs you might like, but they can also predict which species a predator would most likely eat.
