Throughout the world, we are witnessing a decline in the numbers of insects as well as a drop in diversity. Several studies published in a special issue of Biology Letters
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Flash droughts are becoming more frequent due to climate change, and this trend is only likely to worsen, according to a study published in Science. A team of researchers from
Researchers from all over the world will gather at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK, for a conference to discuss loss of coastal heritage due to climate change and
Steve Koonin has served as undersecretary for science at the Department of Energy during the Obama administration and was the founding director of New York University’s Center for Urban Science
An international team of researchers, including from the University of Nottingham, UK, uncovered a key gene in plants that helps them use energy more efficiently and capture more water and
Europe’s life science laboratory EMBL is leading the first multi-European and cross-disciplinary study to assess biodiversity on a large scale. Coastlines are rich in biodiversity but also represent important sites
A better understanding of how river temperatures fluctuate could provide a way to measure how climate change is affecting us, according to a study published in a new scientific journal
The collapse of ice sheets in West Antarctica is not inevitable, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications. An international team of researchers, including from the University
Brown algae can remove up to 0.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, according to a study published in the scientific publication Proceedings of the National Academy
The total amount of microplastics found at the bottom of the oceans has tripled in the past 20 years, corresponding to the increase in consumption of plastic products, according to