A new study has highlighted under-prepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.
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Two-Component System Could Offer a New Way to Halt Internal Bleeding
MIT engineers have designed a two-component system that can be injected into the body and help form blood clots at the sites of internal injury.
Massive Iceberg Discharges During the Last Ice Age Had No Impact on Nearby Greenland, Raising New Questions About Climate Dynamics
During the last ice age, massive icebergs periodically broke off from an ice sheet covering a large swath of North America and discharged rapidly melting ice into the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland, triggering abrupt climate change impacts across the globe.
Early-Nesting Ducks At Increased Risk Due to Changes in Climate, Land Use
Each year approximately 10 million waterfowl fly north to their breeding grounds in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, but the landscape that greets them has changed.
New Programmable Smart Fabric Responds to Temperature and Electricity
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli.
Giving Farmers Certainty to Tackle a Crop-Eating Pest
The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to develop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide when and how to treat fall armyworm (FAW) to save their crops and finances.