A joint research team led by Prof. Cong Zhiyuan from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research…
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Locusts now threatening parts of southern Africa, UN says
Locusts are threatening another part of Africa, with up to 7 million people in the southern…
Ocean carbon uptake widely underestimated
The world’s oceans soak up more carbon than most scientific models suggest, according to new research. …
Oil industry placing risky bet on plastics: report
Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers…
'Mammoth central' found at Mexico airport construction site
The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has…
Indigenous knowledge still undervalued: study
New research has found that Indigenous knowledge is regularly underutilised and misunderstood when making important environmental…
Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people
The path to global sustainability isn’t a one-way street and scientists at Michigan State University and…
How to imitate natural spring-loaded snapping movement without losing energy
Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of…
NASA eyes typhoon Haishen's 10 mile-wide eye
NASA’s Terra satellite’s visible image of Typhoon Haishen revealed a small “pinhole” eye surrounded by several…
Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas
A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular earthwork at what may be…