Permafrost soils store large quantities of organic carbon and are often portrayed as a critical tipping element in the Earth system, which, once global warming has reached a certain level, suddenly and globally collapses. Yet this image of a ticking timebomb, one that remains relatively quiet until, at a certain level of warming, it goes…
Summers keep getting hotter, and the consequences are impossible to miss: In the summer of 2023, the Northern Hemisphere experienced its hottest season in 2,000 years. Canada’s deadliest wildfires on record bathed skylines in smoke from Minnesota to New York. In Texas and Arizona, hundreds of people lost their lives to heat, and in Vermont,…
Tmesipteris oblanceolata is a rare species of fork fern found on the island nation of New Caledonia, an overseas French territory situated in the Southwest Pacific. The post New Caledonian Fern Species Has Largest Genome of Any Living Organism appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Tmesipteris oblanceolata is a rare species of fork fern…
Meet the “bucket of doom” and other methods to manage mosquitoes and ticks. Meet the “bucket of doom” and other methods to manage mosquitoes and ticks. Insects, Sustainable Living, Pesticides, Mosquitoes, Butterflies and Moths, Bees, Pest Control, Gardens and Gardening, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Birds, Flies, Ticks (Insects), Conservation of Resources, Biodiversity, internal-truncator NYT > Science
Kenneth Greenway is inundated with requests for the foraging courses that he runs at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in east London. Kenneth Greenway is inundated with requests for the foraging courses that he runs at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in east London. Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Efforts to remove animal traps and discourage poaching in Vietnamese protected areas have been partly effective, but conservationists say other approaches are needed to safeguard threatened species Efforts to remove animal traps and discourage poaching in Vietnamese protected areas have been partly effective, but conservationists say other approaches are needed to safeguard threatened species New Scientist –…
Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage. Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the…
In 2019, Australia was on the cusp of approving a new coal mine on traditional Wirdi land in Queensland that would have extracted approximately 40 million tons of coal each year for 35 years. The Waratah coal mine would have destroyed a nature refuge and emitted 1.58 billion tons of carbon dioxide. But that didn’t…
A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The official Xinhua News Agency said the landing module touched down Sunday morning Beijing time. The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon…
Earthquakes have again struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1. The shaking Monday that started with a 5.9 magnitude quake left only minor damage. There was no danger of a tsunami. Two houses damaged in the Jan. 1 quake collapsed in…