As the sun sets, bumblebees revisit "profitable" flowers they encountered during the day, new research suggests.
Discovery of New Ecosystem – ‘the Trapping Zone’ – Creating Oasis of Life in the Maldives
The Nekton Maldives Mission, involving researchers from the University of Oxford, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - that is creating an oasis of life 500 metres down in the depths of the Indian Ocean.
The Lightness of Water Vapor Adds Heft to Global Climate Models
Clouds are notoriously hard to pin down, especially in climate science.
NASA Study Finds Evidence That Fuel Regulation Reduced Air Pollution from Shipping
Ship tracks, the polluted marine clouds that trail ocean-crossing vessels, are a signature of modern trade.
U.S. Winter Outlook: Warmer, drier South with ongoing La Nina
This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive winter, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to NOAA’s U.S.
Oxford-Led Study Finds Disease Outbreaks Influence the Colour of Wolves Across North America
If you were to travel from Arctic Canada and head south down the Rocky Mountains into the US towards Mexico, the further south you go, the more black wolves there are.
How Teamwork — In Nature and the Lab — Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Michigan State University and the University of California, Merced are working to get a better handle on the huge problem of climate change with the help of some very small organisms.
Smartphone Data Can Help Create Global Vegetation Maps
Missing knowledge in the global distribution of plant traits could be filled with data from species identification apps.
Deeper Understanding of the Icy Depths
The results, published in the journal Science Advances, come from a team at the Hokkaido University’s Institute of Low Temperature Science, its Arctic Research Center, and the Faculty of Fisheries science, working with scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research and Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Earth’s Warming Hole Not Indication of Abrupt Climate Change Event, Study Finds
A new study from scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science suggests that the pattern of temperature change of the world’s oceans may not be an indication of an impending abrupt climate change event as depicted in the movie “The Day After...