Soils are warming quickly and at considerable depth across Alaska, with temperatures rising fastest in the state’s permafrost region, a trend that could accelerate climate change and undermine the stability of roads, buildings and other infrastructure built on the continuously frozen ground.
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UVM Study Reveals How Lake Trout Embryos Acquire Thiamine in the Wild
For decades, fisheries managers have struggled to restore wild populations of lake trout recruitment across the Great Lakes region, with limited success.
Forests Are Dying Along North Carolina’s Coast – And It’s Speeding Up
A new study finds that coastal forest loss in North Carolina’s Albermarle-Pamlico Peninsula began accelerating after 2010 and may still be speeding up.
Nature’s Capacity to ‘Bounce-Back’ When Species Are Lost Vastly Overestimated
The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of back-up, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated according to the largest global study of its kind.
An Electrical Technique for Identifying Signs of Life in Space
Researchers from the University of Osaka use artificial intelligence and nanotechnology to detect amino acid biosignatures.
Itching for a Solution: Addressing Mosquito-Borne Disease as Climate Change Bites
Prevention measures, including vector control, vaccine deployment and cutting greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming are critical to counter the growing burden of mosquito-borne diseases in a changing climate, according to a new paper by Monash University researchers.




