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Climate
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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JUL 22, 2017Microbiology
As regions warm, bugs move into new habitats, sometimes bringing health problems with them.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2017Earth & The Environment
In an effort to do its part on curbing deforestation and subsequent climate change, Colombia has announced the expansion ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 17, 2017Plants & Animals
There are several cases throughout nature in which two entirely different species rely on each other to survive; these s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change driven sea level rise (SLR) is affecting and will continue to affect coastlines around the world. Due to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
This past winter Former President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land near his home in Plains, Georgia to build a solar ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our food supply has changed a lot in the many years of human civilization, and new research can help scientists understa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 04, 2017Plants & Animals
A giant panda from Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo gave birth to a healthy cub mid-last month and it was thereafter deemed a fema ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have been sparking up all over the Western United States, with more than 20 isolated spots burning in the last ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br ...JUN 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
The UN predicts that by 2100 we will have a global population of 11 billion people. But by just 2060, about 1.4 billion ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was adamant at the annual U.S. Conferences of Mayors meeting in Miami Beach this past S ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
A study recently published in the journal Nature Communications reports that a two-week warm spell in January 2016 cause ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2017Videos
Ticks and summer seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. But it's a combination that could leave behind diseas ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 19, 2017Earth & The Environment
We already know that climate change has brought us many irregular extreme heat events over the last years. And we know t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 22, 2017
Microbiology
As regions warm, bugs move into new habitats, sometimes bringing health problems with them.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In an effort to do its part on curbing deforestation and subsequent climate change, Colombia has announced the expansion
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2017
Plants & Animals
There are several cases throughout nature in which two entirely different species rely on each other to survive; these s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change driven sea level rise (SLR) is affecting and will continue to affect coastlines around the world. Due to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
This past winter Former President Jimmy Carter leased 10 acres of land near his home in Plains, Georgia to build a solar
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our food supply has changed a lot in the many years of human civilization, and new research can help scientists understa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Greenland is experiencing an intense summer bloom of phytoplankton and researchers think that the cause of it is iron. I
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
A giant panda from Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo gave birth to a healthy cub mid-last month and it was thereafter deemed a fema
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Wildfires have been sparking up all over the Western United States, with more than 20 isolated spots burning in the last
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br
...
JUN 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The UN predicts that by 2100 we will have a global population of 11 billion people. But by just 2060, about 1.4 billion
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was adamant at the annual U.S. Conferences of Mayors meeting in Miami Beach this past S
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A study recently published in the journal Nature Communications reports that a two-week warm spell in January 2016 cause
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Almost anyone that thinks of sea turtles immediately begins to think about endangered animal species, and that’s b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2017
Videos
Ticks and summer seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. But it's a combination that could leave behind diseas
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We always seem to focus on why dinosaurs became extinct; let’s take a moment to consider how they came to be the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 19, 2017
Earth & The Environment
We already know that climate change has brought us many irregular extreme heat events over the last years. And we know t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Amazon River Basin, which contains 20% of the world’s freshwater and covers more than 6.1 million square kilom
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan