Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of the first appearance of dinosaurs. With bony plates on its backbone, this archosaur fossil reveals that armor was a boomerang trait in the story of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution: the group's ancestors were armored, but...
Extreme Measuring Device Can Bring Quantum Technology to Your Smartphone
University of Copenhagen researchers have invented a “quantum drum” that can measure pressure, a gas leak, heat, magnetism and a host of other things with extreme precision.
Due to Climate Change, More Animals will Become Extinct Outside of Nature Reserves than Within Them
A new international study has found that amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the world’s nature reserves, or Protected Areas (PAs), will be better protected against climate change than species found outside of these areas, but are still likely to be harmed.
New Robot Boosts Solar Energy Research
Researchers have created a robot capable of conducting experiments more efficiently and sustainably to develop a range of new semiconductor materials with desirable attributes.
Canada’s Extreme Wildfire Season Offers a Glimpse of New Risks
The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S. and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call, showing what climate change could feel like in the near future for millions of people.
Harnessing Synthetic Biology to Make Sustainable Alternatives to Petroleum Products
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels is going to require a transformation in the way we make things.
Using Our Oceans to Fight Climate Change
The ocean isn’t just impacted by climate change — it may also be part of the solution to reversing it.
Bigger, Wilder, More Destructive: How Cold Fronts Affected the Black Summer Bushfires
Cold fronts play a role in making bushfires drastically worse – posing a serious concern for future bushfire events.
Are Sunflowers Colorado’s Best Hedge Against Climate Change?
In the state’s dry, nutrient-deficient soil, CU Boulder researchers and others aim to learn if the crop can survive and even thrive in a hotter, drier future.
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century
Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions persist. This is the conclusion based on new calculations that contradict the latest report from the IPCC.