Holding particular biological resources, the Tibetan Plateau is a unique geologic-geographic-biotic interactive unit and hence plays…
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Replacing one gas with another helps efficiently extract methane from permafrost
Scientists from Skoltech and Heriot-Watt University proposed extracting methane by injecting flue gas into permafrost hydrate…
How do conifers survive droughts? Study points to existing roots, not new growth
As the world warms, a new study is helping scientists understand how cone-bearing trees like pines…
Long-dormant disease becomes most dominant foliar disease in New York onion crops
New York is the fifth largest producer of onion bulbs in the United States, producing over…
New class of crosslinker-free nanofiber biomaterials from Hydra nematocyst proteins
Nematocysts are stinging organelles of cnidarians that have remarkable mechanical properties to undergo 50 percent volume…
Bushfires reach Melbourne as heatwave fans Australia blazes
Around 100,000 people were urged to flee five Melbourne suburbs on Monday evening as Australia’s spiralling…
BoE chief calls for faster action on climate change
Bank of England head Mark Carney, soon to become UN special envoy on climate action and…
California, climate change and the trauma of the last decade
The wildfires were more destructive. The drought was the longest on record. And the storms, when…
Los Angeles may store water under a lake drained to fill its faucets
Quick shifts in climate have prompted Los Angeles to consider an unlikely place to bank some…
Sixty years on, Africa still seeks right model for growth
As 1960 dawned, sub-Saharan Africa braced for historic change: that year, 17 of its countries were…