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Climate is the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region. These are often broken down as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
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MAY 20, 2021Earth & The Environment
African tropical rainforests fared surprisingly well despite extreme drought and heat from the most recent El Niñ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 18, 2021Plants & Animals
It's estimated that two billion people don't have access to reliable sources of nutritious food - they are food insecure ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2021Earth & The Environment
Hydrological dams have been portrayed as green, renewable energy capable of aiding in the transition away from fossil fu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 16, 2021Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal One Earth evaluates the impacts of climate change on global food production unde ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 14, 2021Chemistry & Physics
The emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from power plants and chemical manufacturing, as well as other industr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2021Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 05, 2021Earth & The Environment
A simulated evolutionary process in a laboratory has given way to blue-green algae with greater tolerance for high level ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 02, 2021Plants & Animals
New work in Nature Climate Change has determined that in the last decade, the Brazilian Amazon released over 20% more ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2021Microbiology
Scientists are noting that rock-dissolving microbes in the ocean may be contributing to climate change and should be tak ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2021Microbiology
After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Earth & The Environment
Agriculturalists across Europe are tense with worry for their crops. After a temptingly warm weather week at the end of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Earth & The Environment
An investigation led by Stockholm University Assistant Professor Christian Stranne and published in Communications Earth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 09, 2021Earth & The Environment
A study published in Nature Geoscience reports new findings on the effects that erosion has on the carbon cycle. The stu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 09, 2021Plants & Animals
The endangered Zanzibar red colobus is a rare primate that lives only in the Zanzibar archipelago. New research from Ban ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2021Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 31, 2021Plants & Animals
Beachgoers are certainly not fond of jellyfish in the water, but seeing hundreds of them wash ashore is an interesting a ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 26, 2021Plants & Animals
The east coast is preparing for one of nature’s greatest spectacles. A gigantic swarm of periodical cicadas is due ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 25, 2021Microbiology
Bacteria live everywhere, and we're starting to understand how they affect the biology of animals and plants. This comes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles sheds fresh light on the inner workings of the g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 20, 2021
Earth & The Environment
African tropical rainforests fared surprisingly well despite extreme drought and heat from the most recent El Niñ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 18, 2021
Plants & Animals
It's estimated that two billion people don't have access to reliable sources of nutritious food - they are food insecure
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Hydrological dams have been portrayed as green, renewable energy capable of aiding in the transition away from fossil fu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal One Earth evaluates the impacts of climate change on global food production unde
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 14, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
The emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from power plants and chemical manufacturing, as well as other industr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 05, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A simulated evolutionary process in a laboratory has given way to blue-green algae with greater tolerance for high level
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
New work in Nature Climate Change has determined that in the last decade, the Brazilian Amazon released over 20% more ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists are noting that rock-dissolving microbes in the ocean may be contributing to climate change and should be tak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Microbiology
After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Agriculturalists across Europe are tense with worry for their crops. After a temptingly warm weather week at the end of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Earth & The Environment
An investigation led by Stockholm University Assistant Professor Christian Stranne and published in Communications Earth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 09, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A study published in Nature Geoscience reports new findings on the effects that erosion has on the carbon cycle. The stu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
The endangered Zanzibar red colobus is a rare primate that lives only in the Zanzibar archipelago. New research from Ban
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Earth & The Environment
The debate over geoengineering - the idea that we could or should use technology to engineer solutions to cool down the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Climate change strikes again - literally. New findings from a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 31, 2021
Plants & Animals
Beachgoers are certainly not fond of jellyfish in the water, but seeing hundreds of them wash ashore is an interesting a
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 26, 2021
Plants & Animals
The east coast is preparing for one of nature’s greatest spectacles. A gigantic swarm of periodical cicadas is due
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 25, 2021
Microbiology
Bacteria live everywhere, and we're starting to understand how they affect the biology of animals and plants. This comes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles sheds fresh light on the inner workings of the g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan