University of Maryland (UMD) scientists have carried out a novel statistical analysis to determine for the first time a global picture of how the ocean helps predict the low-level atmosphere and vice versa.
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Early Breeding Season for Some Arctic Seabirds Due Global Warming
The breeding season of some seabirds in Arctic regions takes place earlier as a result of the temperature rise caused by climate change, according to a science article with Francisco Ramírez, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona –as one of the main authors.
GIGA Researchers Discover a Common Denominator That Triggers Asthma in Favourable Environments Such as Pollution or Excessive Hygiene
In recent decades, asthma has become a major public health problem.
Pressure May Be Key To Fighting Climate Change With Thermoelectric Generators
Pressure improves the ability of materials to turn heat into electricity and could potentially be used to create clean generators, according to new work from a team that includes Carnegie’s Alexander Goncharov and Viktor Struzhkin published in Nature Materials.
Study Explores How to Make Conservation Initiatives More Contagious
Research shows conservation initiatives often spread like diseases, helping scientists and policymakers design programmes more likely to be taken up.
Agronomists Detail the Benefits of Updating Agricultural Drainage Infrastructure in New Study
Massive networks of drains, pipes and tiles that enable food production on much of the world’s most productive cropland are due for expansion and replacement to meet the demands of agricultural intensification and climate change.