The summer seasons of the last decades in the north of Western Siberia turned out to be the warmest for the last 7,000 years.
New Evidence Shows Planting Around School Playgrounds Protects Children From Air Pollution
Scientists have published new evidence showing that selective planting of vegetation between roads and playgrounds can substantially cut toxic traffic-derived air pollution reaching school children.
Urban Crops Can Have Higher Yields Than Conventional Farming
As urban populations boom, urban agriculture is increasingly looked to as a local food source and a way to help combat inequitable food access and food deserts.
Ohio State Leading New $15 Million Project to Study Carbon Farming as Climate Change Solution
Taking excess carbon out of the atmosphere, where it is driving climate change, and locking it into the soil, where it improves its health and agronomic productivity, is the impetus behind a new five-year, $15 million project at The Ohio State University.
Plants reprogram their cells to fight invaders: Here’s how
When a plant senses a microbial invasion, it makes radical changes in the chemical soup of proteins -- the workhorse molecules of life -- inside its cells. A new study reveals the key components in plant cells that reprogram their protein-making machinery to fight disease.
3D printing of starch for personalized medicine development
For the purpose of personalised therapies, a research group has used 3D printing to develop tablets based on different types of starch, and has confirmed that drug release could be tailored by optimizing the right starch type and tablet shape.
Missing grizzly bear toes results in call to change practices
A researcher is suggesting changes to fur trapping practices to help prevent the accidental amputation of grizzly bear toes. The research is calling attention to a small number of grizzly bears in the southeast corner of British Columbia missing toes on their front paws.
Path to Recovery of Ozone Layer Passes a Significant Milestone
An annual analysis of air samples collected at remote sites around the globe that is tracking a continued decline in the atmospheric concentration of ozone-depleting substances shows the threat to the ozone layer receding below a significant milestone in 2022, NOAA scientists have announced.
Climate Change May Have Doubled the Number of Houston Homes Flooded by Hurricane Harvey
If not for climate change, 2017’s Hurricane Harvey might have flooded half as many homes in the Houston area, a new study finds.
First Underground Radar Images from Mars Perseverance Rover Reveal Some Surprises
After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is arriving — and bringing with it a few surprises.