A drug-resistant fungus species called Candida auris, which was first identified ten years ago and has since caused hundreds of deadly outbreaks in hospitals around the world, may have become a human pathogen in part due to global warming, according to three scientists led by a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Tuna Are Spawning in Marine Protected Areas
Marine protected areas are large swaths of coastal seas or open ocean that are protected by governments from activities such as commercial fishing and mining.
Super Salty, Subzero Arctic Water Provides Peek at Possible Life on Other Planets
In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched.
NASA’s Terra Sees the End of Atlantic Tropical Depression 3
The third tropical depression of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season didn’t last long.
How Climate Change Disrupts Relationships
Higher mean temperatures as associated with climate change can have a severe impact on plants and animals by disrupting their mutually beneficial relationship: The pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), for example, is very sensitive to rising temperatures by flowering earlier each year, whereas one of its major pollinators, a solitary bee species, does not quite keep pace by hatching earlier.
Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Tropical Depression Dalila Fading
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of weakening Tropical Depression Dalila in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
