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Climate Change: a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have been identified as primary causes of ongoing climate change, often referred to as global warming.
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DEC 11, 2019Microbiology
Our world is teeming with bacteria and viruses, and in the oceans, their coexistence has them locked in an evolutionary ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Greenland’s Ice Sheet—which covers 75% of the land’s mass—is melting at a rate aligned with &ldq ...Written By: Tiffany DazetDEC 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Bristol, as well as flood analytics company Fathom, enc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 08, 2019Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Current Biology points towards at least one upside of climate change: some agricultural c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 08, 2019Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station is poised to receive some much-needed new supplies and science experiments today, a feat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Any type of organism that is not native to a location but ends up there anyway is considered an invasive species.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science (GDCS) have developed ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Gene sequencing technologies have created a wealth of data, and scientists can now do more with all that information.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2019Infographics
Climate crisis is widely recognized as the most urgent problem facing humanity. Climate crisis is real and is happing ri ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorNOV 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have dominated headlines over the past few months, and a related and somewhat rare phenomenon drew even more a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 18, 2019Earth & The Environment
It might cause us to laugh, but this news isn’t funny: nitrous oxide emissions are on the rise. As a potent greenh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
Humans aren’t the only ones who will be thirstier in the coming decades of increased surface temperatures – ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 13, 2019Microbiology
Sea ice in the Arctic melts every summer and refreezes in the winter, but the melting has been outpacing the refreezing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2019Earth & The Environment
Have you ever tried to take photographs underwater, only to be sorely disappointed by the results? Pictures of vivid und ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 13, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In its pure form, thorium is a silver-black colored metal. Named after Thor, the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder, i ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 12, 2019Earth & The Environment
If it seems like hurricanes have become more destructive in recent years, it’s because they have. Thanks to a new ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
We know that invasive species cause myriad problems in ecosystems including predator-prey relations, pest management, ha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 06, 2019Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Antarctic albatrosses are one of the world’s most distinguishable seabirds, and if you didn’t already know, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2019Earth & The Environment
Did you ever dig for earthworms when you were a kid? Chances are you’ve had some sort of contact with these critte ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research suggests harnessing fungi to help improve agricultural efficiency for cereal crops, saying fungi can improv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 11, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is teeming with bacteria and viruses, and in the oceans, their coexistence has them locked in an evolutionary
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Greenland’s Ice Sheet—which covers 75% of the land’s mass—is melting at a rate aligned with &ldq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
DEC 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of Bristol, as well as flood analytics company Fathom, enc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 08, 2019
Neuroscience
Scientists had suspected for some time that living in extreme environmental conditions- such as in harsh climates and in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in Current Biology points towards at least one upside of climate change: some agricultural c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station is poised to receive some much-needed new supplies and science experiments today, a feat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Any type of organism that is not native to a location but ends up there anyway is considered an invasive species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science (GDCS) have developed
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Gene sequencing technologies have created a wealth of data, and scientists can now do more with all that information.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2019
Infographics
Climate crisis is widely recognized as the most urgent problem facing humanity. Climate crisis is real and is happing ri
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
NOV 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have dominated headlines over the past few months, and a related and somewhat rare phenomenon drew even more a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Many are already feeling the impacts of climate change around the world. Heat waves, severe storms, and flooding have af
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 18, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It might cause us to laugh, but this news isn’t funny: nitrous oxide emissions are on the rise. As a potent greenh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Humans aren’t the only ones who will be thirstier in the coming decades of increased surface temperatures –
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2019
Microbiology
Sea ice in the Arctic melts every summer and refreezes in the winter, but the melting has been outpacing the refreezing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever tried to take photographs underwater, only to be sorely disappointed by the results? Pictures of vivid und
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 13, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In its pure form, thorium is a silver-black colored metal. Named after Thor, the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder, i
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 12, 2019
Earth & The Environment
If it seems like hurricanes have become more destructive in recent years, it’s because they have. Thanks to a new
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
We know that invasive species cause myriad problems in ecosystems including predator-prey relations, pest management, ha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 06, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A worldwide coalition of more than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warns "clearly and unequivocally that plane
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
New research reported in Nature has suggested that modern humans come from Southern Africa, where they lived for approxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Antarctic albatrosses are one of the world’s most distinguishable seabirds, and if you didn’t already know,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Did you ever dig for earthworms when you were a kid? Chances are you’ve had some sort of contact with these critte
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research suggests harnessing fungi to help improve agricultural efficiency for cereal crops, saying fungi can improv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan