Dry land is ephemeral at Home Reef, a mid-ocean volcano in the central Tonga islands.
Home Reef Volcano Grows
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Climate Change to Shift Tropical Rains Northward
A study led by a UC Riverside atmospheric scientist predicts that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in the coming decades, which would profoundly impact agriculture and economies near the Earth's equator.
Antarctic Ice Shelves Hold Twice as Much Meltwater As Previously Thought
Slush – water-soaked snow – makes up more than half of all meltwater on the Antarctic ice shelves during the height of summer, yet is poorly accounted for in regional climate models.
In the Grip of Global Heat
It’s only the beginning of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere, but Earth is already roasting.
Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour, Pitt Research Finds
With the spread of bird flu, or H5N1 virus, to dairy cattle, new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Emory University in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that the virus remains stable on commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.
New Tool Enables Faster, More Cost-Effective Genome Editing of Traits to Improve Agriculture Sustainability
With the goal of reducing the time and cost it takes to bring an improved crop to the marketplace to improve agriculture sustainability, research conducted in the laboratory of Keith Slotkin, PhD, and with his collaborator, Veena Veena, PhD, director of the Plant Transformation Facility, was recently published in the scientific journal Nature.
