For decades, the ice shelf helping to hold back one of the fastest-moving glaciers in Antarctica has gradually thinned.
Edge of Pine Island Glacier’s Ice Shelf is Ripping Apart, Causing Key Antarctic Glacier to Gain Speed
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Butterflies and Moths Have Difficulty Adjusting to a Rapidly Changing Climate
Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity.
How to Beat the Heat: Memory Mechanism Allows Plants to Adapt to Heat Stress
Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology find that plants adapt to heat stress via an epigenetic memory mechanism, where JUMONJI proteins control small heat shock genes.
Ocean Microplastics: First Global View Shows Seasonal Changes and Sources
Satellites reveal fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River.
Research Establishes Safe Water Thresholds for Antimicrobials, Advancing the Battle Against Resistance
Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds.
Forests and Climate Change: ‘We Can’t Plant Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis’
Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change.
