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| Capturing the impact of human sewage on Earth's coastal ecosystems Posted: 10 Nov 2021 11:54 AM PST A new mapping analysis estimates the amounts of nitrogen and pathogens released into coastal ecosystems from human wastewater sources around the world. |
| Student’s research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind Posted: 10 Nov 2021 10:16 AM PST A doctoral student has confirmed that the cross-polar jet, a well-known wind in the upper atmosphere, sometimes inexplicably stops or is deflected or reversed when it reaches the region above Alaska. The finding upends previous understanding. |
| Female bushbabies more stressed, may be more vulnerable to changing environment Posted: 10 Nov 2021 10:16 AM PST Life isn't always easy for small primates in the Soutpansberg Mountains of South Africa -- foraging for food, contending with cold temperatures and fighting off rivals. A new study explores how they may weather the environmental changes ahead. |
| Spread of Transeurasian languages was due to agriculture Posted: 10 Nov 2021 10:16 AM PST By triangulating data from linguistics, archaeology and genetics, a new study by an international team of researchers proposes a 'Farming Hypothesis' for the spread of Transeurasian languages, tracing the origins of Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic and Turkic to the movements of Neolithic millet farmers from the region of the West Liao River. |
| Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today's warming 'unprecedented' Posted: 10 Nov 2021 10:16 AM PST An effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far out of bounds human activity has pushed the climate system. |
| Back-to-back hurricanes expected to increase in the Gulf Coast Posted: 10 Nov 2021 10:15 AM PST By the end of the century, Louisiana and Florida could be twice as likely to experience two tropical storms that make landfall within nine days of each other, according to new model estimates. Being hit by two storms in quick succession gives communities and infrastructure less time to recover between disasters. |
| Major cities could be close to self-sustaining through fully integrated solar Posted: 10 Nov 2021 07:46 AM PST Net zero carbon is within reach for a major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment, new modelling has shown. |
| Domestic cats drive spread of Toxoplasma parasite to wildlife Posted: 10 Nov 2021 07:43 AM PST New research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated urban areas. |
| Sounding the alarm: How honey bees alert their hive to attacks by giant 'murder' hornets Posted: 09 Nov 2021 04:32 PM PST For the first time, the unique sounds honey bees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their hive when giant 'murder' hornets attack have been documented. |
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