Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the global forest area – are continuing to decline at an increasing rate – mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes.
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Kick-off for a New Polar Research Project
The new research project YESSS - Year-round EcoSystem Study on Svalbard - is focusing on how Arctic warming is changing over the seasons in Svalbard.
The Role of Jellyfish as a Food Source in the Arctic Winter
AWI research team shows that jellyfish play an important, previously unknown role in the diet of amphipods during the polar night.
UC Irvine Researcher Authors ‘Scientists’ Warning’ on Climate and Technology
Throughout human history, technologies have been used to make peoples’ lives richer and more comfortable, but they have also contributed to a global crisis threatening Earth’s climate, ecosystems and even our own survival.
Methane Emissions from Wetlands Increase Significantly over High Latitudes
Wetlands are Earth’s largest natural source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is about 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere.
Ice Swirls Along the Labrador Coast
Filaments of sea ice trace ocean currents, creating swirls visible along the coast of Labrador, in eastern Canada.
Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new doors for global coral reef research
Scientists take innovation in coral e-DNA monitoring to the next level.
Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled permanently in San Fernando (Cadiz) 6,200 years ago
A new study reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.
A lighthouse in the Gobi desert
A new study explores the weight great fossil sites have on our understanding of evolutionary relationships between fossil groups and quantified the power these sites have on our understanding of evolutionary history. Surprisingly, the authors discovered that the wind-swept sand deposits of the Late Cretaceous Gobi Desert's extraordinarily diverse and...
Exposure to Agent Orange damages brain tissue in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease
Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its effects on the brain health of aging veterans. A new study reveals the mechanisms by which Agent...