Flying is the most damaging mode of transportation for our climate. At least, up until now.
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Amazon - How Will it Cope With Drought?
A collaboration involving 80 scientists has identified the regions of the Amazon rainforest where trees are most likely to face the greatest risk from drier conditions brought about by climate change.
Prolonged Droughts Likely Spelled the End for Indus Megacities
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization.
University Scientists Address Global Crop Growing Challenge
A study led by University of Liverpool scientists has revealed a new way to improve crop growth, meeting a significant challenge to increase crop productivity in a changing climate with a growing population.
Researcher Aims to Create a Sustainable Protein Source Powered by Hydrogen
Lutz Grossmann is on a scientific mission to create tasty, animal-free protein that has a low carbon footprint and is produced without relying on agricultural land – a usual and progressively stressed source of the global food supply.
Tree Diversity Increases Carbon Storage, Soil Fertility in Forests
Keeping tree diversity intact in Canada’s many forests over the long term can help increase carbon capture and mitigate climate change, according to a new University of Alberta study.