Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) have successfully treated and rehabilitated diseased pillar coral rescued from the Florida Reef Tract.
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Cold Spell Could Be Devastating To Monarch Butterflies
A Texas A&M expert says recent freezing weather in Texas and Mexico likely means Monarch numbers will be down again this year.
NASA’s ICESat-2 Satellite Reveals Shape, Depth of Antarctic Ice Shelf Fractures
When a block of ice the size of Houston, Texas, broke off from East Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf in 2019, scientists had anticipated the calving event, but not exactly where it would happen.
Agricultural Losses From Winter Storm Exceed $600 Million
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts say citrus, livestock and horticultural crops are among the hardest-hit sectors.
Want to Cut Emissions That Cause Climate Change? Tax Carbon
Putting a price on producing carbon is the cheapest, most efficient policy change legislators can make to reduce emissions that cause climate change, new research suggests.
Emissions Drop Equivalent to Covid Shutdowns Needed Every Two Years to Limit Warming to 2 Degrees C
Carbon dioxide emissions must fall by the equivalent of a global lockdown roughly every two years for the next decade for the world to keep within safe limits of global heating, research has shown.