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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night…
Australia bushfires ignite calls for indigenous fire practices
For tens of thousands of years, Australia’s Aboriginal people have used fire to manage the landscape,…
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of…
Air pollution costs $2.9 trillion a year: NGO
The global cost of air pollution caused by fossil fuels is $8 billion a day, or…
'Atomic dance' reveals new insights into performance of 2-D materials
A team of Northwestern University materials science researchers have developed a new method to view the…
Researchers identify new 'universal' target for antiviral treatment
As the coronavirus outbreak shows, viruses are a constant threat to humanity. Vaccines are regularly developed…
Ancient Antarctic ice melt increased sea levels by 3+ meters—and it could happen again
Rising ocean temperatures drove the melting of Antarctic ice sheets and caused extreme sea level rise…
Local genetic adaption helps sorghum crop hide from witchweed
Sorghum crops in areas where the agricultural parasite striga, also known as witchweed, is common are…
Small marsupials in Australia may struggle to adjust to a warming climate
Numerous questions remain unanswered as to how the planet’s species will respond to climate change. A…