Human behavior changed dramatically during lockdowns in the first months of the global COVID-19 pandemic, resulting…
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Robotic vehicles track dengue-carrying mosquitos in Taiwan sewers
Unmanned ground vehicles can be used to identify and eliminate the breeding sources of mosquitos that…
Lost giants: New study reveals decline in abundance of African megafauna
A new paper focuses on the size and abundance of living and non-living large African mammals.…
Scientists develop artificial molecules that behave like real ones
Scientists from the Radboud University have developed synthetic molecules that resemble real organic molecules. A collaboration…
Giving parents better school quality data encourages them to consider less affluent, less white schools—to a point
For years, parents looking for data to compare the academic quality of schools for their children…
Satellite images show that Spain is in danger of drying out one of the main wetlands in Europe
Wetlands are among the most biodiverse yet endangered ecosystems on Earth. In the last century alone,…
More than 60 billion leaf litter invertebrates died in the Black Summer fires. Here's what that did to ecosystems
The Black Summer megafires engulfing south-eastern Australia in 2019–2020 were so intense they burned habitats rarely…
Ecologists highlight the invisible effects of human activity on nature
Discussions at the recent COP15 biodiversity conference in Montréal highlighted once again the impact of human…
ESG investing has made little impact on the green energy transition so far. Why is that?
As the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ramps up its dire warnings about climate…
How universities could help whole communities tackle climate change
As centers of learning, universities have the potential to help whole communities learn about and address…