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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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AUG 06, 2018Plants & Animals
Researchers have long understood the African killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) to reach maturity at break-neck speeds. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2018Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Earth & The Environment
Ready for some more bad news from the plastic crisis? New research from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecological Applications thinks that seagrass meadows could be the answer to alleviating ocean a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 27, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
When snakes were deprived of water they turned to muscle to fill their needs.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2018Plants & Animals
Do hurricanes induce rapid natural selection in tropical lizard populations? That's the latest idea that Harvard Univers ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 24, 2018Neuroscience
Many parts of the country are in the middle of the hottest summer in recent memory. Extreme temperatures are seeing peop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Plants of the future may not need to be fertilized; they might create their own nutrients. That could be a huge relief f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2018Videos
One-fourth of Louisiana’s coastline has already disappeared since just the 1930s. Every hour, Louisiana loses abou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 18, 2018Plants & Animals
When researchers noticed common bottlenose dolphins in Bermuda diving up to 1,000 meters below the ocean’s surface ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 17, 2018Microbiology
As permafrost starts to thaw out, it's exposing untold numbers of new bacteria, which can spew out methane.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
Hawaii Governor David Ige has signed into law a ban on the sale, offer, or distribution of any sunscreens containing oxy ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 12, 2018Earth & The Environment
Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2 ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 11, 2018Genetics & Genomics
The story of human evolution is still being written.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2018Plants & Animals
Many of the world’s animals display some type of response to the hazardous effects imposed by climate change. In m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ec ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
The 2017 California wildfire season was the most destructive wildfire season on record, and yet judging from the start o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
We had all been wondering for a long time now how a self-acclaimed climate change denier could be in charge of the so-ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 05, 2018Earth & The Environment
Are you one of the millions of people who enjoy one, two, or maybe even three cups of joe during your day? (Trivia quest ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 03, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Once considered the crown jewel of industrial evolution, the prevalence of plastics has been slowly becoming one of the ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 27, 2018Earth & The Environment
Hawaii was built by volcanoes, and the recent Kilauea eruption in Puna on the big island of Hawaii shows us in live-acti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long understood the African killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) to reach maturity at break-neck speeds.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
Fish depend on olfaction for a plethora of things, including food discovery, predator evasion, navigation, and recogniti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria living in the soils of Earth seem locked in battle with the fungi there.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Ready for some more bad news from the plastic crisis? New research from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Ecological Applications thinks that seagrass meadows could be the answer to alleviating ocean a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 27, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
When snakes were deprived of water they turned to muscle to fill their needs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2018
Plants & Animals
Do hurricanes induce rapid natural selection in tropical lizard populations? That's the latest idea that Harvard Univers
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2018
Neuroscience
Many parts of the country are in the middle of the hottest summer in recent memory. Extreme temperatures are seeing peop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Plants of the future may not need to be fertilized; they might create their own nutrients. That could be a huge relief f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2018
Videos
One-fourth of Louisiana’s coastline has already disappeared since just the 1930s. Every hour, Louisiana loses abou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 18, 2018
Plants & Animals
When researchers noticed common bottlenose dolphins in Bermuda diving up to 1,000 meters below the ocean’s surface
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2018
Microbiology
As permafrost starts to thaw out, it's exposing untold numbers of new bacteria, which can spew out methane.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Hawaii Governor David Ige has signed into law a ban on the sale, offer, or distribution of any sunscreens containing oxy
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Flashback about 16,000 years ago. During this time, the Southern Ocean was experiencing a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The story of human evolution is still being written.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many of the world’s animals display some type of response to the hazardous effects imposed by climate change. In m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ec
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The 2017 California wildfire season was the most destructive wildfire season on record, and yet judging from the start o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
We had all been wondering for a long time now how a self-acclaimed climate change denier could be in charge of the so-ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 05, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Are you one of the millions of people who enjoy one, two, or maybe even three cups of joe during your day? (Trivia quest
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 03, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Once considered the crown jewel of industrial evolution, the prevalence of plastics has been slowly becoming one of the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 27, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Hawaii was built by volcanoes, and the recent Kilauea eruption in Puna on the big island of Hawaii shows us in live-acti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan