Scientists have discovered unique patterns in coronavirus transmission in one of the largest epidemiological analyses of COVID-19 to date in India. The country now has more than 60 million coronavirus
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Human activities have led to the widespread die-off of boreal forest in the Russian Arctic, according to a new study published on 25 September in Ecology Letters (1), demonstrating the
The development of COVID-19 vaccines is moving at an unprecedented rate. Whether it takes weeks or even years for a vaccine to be approved, initial supplies will be limited. This
On 15 September, satellites recorded an arctic sea ice level of 3.74m sq km, the second-lowest minimum in the 42-year satellite record, according to the latest report released by the
Trees naturally take up and store carbon dioxide, creating a vast and natural carbon sink that is crucial to putting the brakes on global warming. One assumed benefit of higher
In a report released on 3 September, a group of experts from ten countries conclude that germline editing of human embryos is still too risky due to unresolved scientific and
Asphalt may be a significant, yet overlooked, source of air pollution in urban areas. In a new paper published on 2 September in Science Advances, scientists reveal that common road
Water from melting glaciers is sharply increasing the volume of glacial lakes, according to a new study published on 31 August in the journal Nature Climate Change (1). The volume
Since the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) was declared a pandemic last March, there have been mixed opinions about whether or not face masks can effectively slow the spread of the virus.
On August 24, Hong Kong scientists confirmed what appears to be “the first instance of human reinfection” with the novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2). The 33-year-old man was reinfected for a second