A drop in longevity for lab-kept honey bees could help explain colony losses and lower honey production in recent decades.
Honey Bee Lifespans are 50% Shorter Today Than They Were 50 Years Ago
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France Looks to Mandate Solar Panels Over Large Parking Lots
The French Senate has passed legislation requiring parking lots with at least 80 spaces be covered in solar panels.
USU Geoscientist Says Sea-Level Changes Formed Australia's K'gari Sand Island, Great Barrier Reef
How did the world’s largest sand island, K’gari, the indigenous name for eastern Australia’s Fraser Island, along with the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef, come to be?
15 Ways to Reforest the Planet
International scientists are calling for a ‘decade of global action’ to reforest the planet, following the overnight publication of a themed international journal led by researchers from Australia’s University of the Sunshine Coast.
Desert Dust Collected From Glacier Ice Helps Document Climate Change
Researchers from The Ohio State University are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth’s intricate climate system – and maybe one day help predict future changes.
New Tool Developed to Monitor Health of Marine Ecosystems and Extinction Risk of Species
Recent biodiversity studies show an unprecedented loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity on land, but the extent to which these patterns are widespread in the oceans is not yet known.
