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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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MAR 08, 2019Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAR 05, 2019Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Wildlife experts were both shocked and confused last week when a massive and unidentified fish measuring nearly seven fe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2019Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2019Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 23, 2019Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 19, 2019Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2019Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 18, 2019Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA launched its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission back in November of 2013 with the intent of stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 06, 2019Chemistry & Physics
For those who celebrate the Lunar New Year, 2019 is the year of the pig. But for chemists around the world, 2019 marks t ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from clima ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 04, 2019Immunology
Climate change may affect the future of vaccinations and nutrition.Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can now find genes in wild plants that can make modern crops more resistant to disease, without impacting yie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association details a frightening reality: climate change ma ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Climate Change explains how climate change is affecting long-established atmospheric an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For almost a decade, thanks to an increased effort in exoplanet hunting such as NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers h
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 05, 2019
Videos
The global population is currently 7.7 billion (though you'll note that it was 7.6 billion at the time that this vid
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It makes sense that the more precipitation a winter brings, the less severe the following wildfire season will be. After
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Wildlife experts were both shocked and confused last week when a massive and unidentified fish measuring nearly seven fe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many people get a bit cringy when they wander within the stinging distance of a regular honeybee, but can you even imagi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Understanding the complex patterns that exist between predators and their prey isn’t always easy, especially in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Scientists from the University of British Colombia’s Okanagan campus are taking a deeper look into how lake w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 23, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature Climate Change details yet another danger of climate change – disruption to specie
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 19, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) had its annual meeting in Washington DC this year and the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
The primary job of a conservationist is to safeguard existing animal species and mitigate the effects of human-related b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by an international team of Earth scientists led by
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA launched its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission back in November of 2013 with the intent of stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Great emphasis has been placed on the impact the climate change has on the oceans, the atmosphere, the poles – but
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
For those who celebrate the Lunar New Year, 2019 is the year of the pig. But for chemists around the world, 2019 marks t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Nature Communications suggests that higher water temperatures resulting from clima
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 04, 2019
Immunology
Climate change may affect the future of vaccinations and nutrition.
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists can now find genes in wild plants that can make modern crops more resistant to disease, without impacting yie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association details a frightening reality: climate change ma
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Climate Change explains how climate change is affecting long-established atmospheric an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan