Wildfires may seem unpredictable, leaving random ruin in their wake. Engineers have now developed a model that can predict how wildfire will impact a community down to which buildings will burn. They say predicting damage to the built environment is essential to developing fire mitigation strategies and steps for recovery.
New Colgate Research Shows Antarctic Summer Thaw Starts Earlier, Ends Later than Previously Believed
New research from Colgate University changes our understanding of seasonal thawing in parts of Antarctica, as scientists have learned that summer thawing occurs nearly a month earlier, and stays thawed for a full two months longer, than previously believed.
Climate Change to Produce More Rainbows
Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa.
Drought, Fire, Insects Destroyed Nearly a Third of Southern Sierra Nevada Forest in Last Decade
In just 10 years, fires, drought, and insect infestations have devastated close to a third of forests in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, a new study finds.
Antarctic summer thaw starts earlier, ends later than previously believed
New research changes our understanding of seasonal thawing in parts of Antarctica, as scientists have learned that summer thawing occurs nearly a month earlier, and stays thawed for a full two months longer than previously believed.
Groundcherry research bears new fruits
More adaptable crops are needed to address global hunger and worsening challenges in food production. Researchers have now developed new genetic blueprints for two types of groundcherry. Their work can help unlock the potential for orphan crops like groundcherry to strengthen global food supplies. It may also help reveal how...
New Catalyst Can Turn Smelly Hydrogen Sulfide into a Cash Cow
Hydrogen sulfide gas has the unmistakable aroma of rotten eggs.
Israeli coastline is contaminated with over two tons of microplastics, researchers discover
A first-of-its-kind study reveals alarming findings about the level of microplastic pollution on Israel's beaches.
Ultra-Cold Mini Twisters
A team of quantum physicists from Innsbruck, Austria, led by three-time ERC laureate Francesca Ferlaino has established a new method to observe vortices in dipolar quantum gases.
Warning of the need to standardize the beach safety signage system
A study warns that safety flag systems differ even between beaches in close proximity to each other, and that this lack of uniformity may be due to an outdated legal framework and the absence of an agreed system between different organizations. They propose that a specific guide to beach safety...