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Published Diverse plant water-use strategies make forests more resilient to extreme drought - Diverse Plant Water-Use Strategies: The Key to Forest Resilience in Extreme Drought


An unprecedented drought experiment at Biosphere 2 highlights nature's surprising resilience. ABSTRA...
Published The driving force behind tropical mudslides - The Driving Force Behind Tropical Mudslides


Geological knowledge is essential for predicting what areas in a tropical mountain range are more pr...
Published Drought alters Mammoth Mountain’s carbon dioxide emissions - Drought Alters Mammoth Mountain’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions


A study suggests the weight of snow and ice atop the Sierra Nevada affects a California volcano's ca...
Published Drenching rains to pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West - Drenching Rains to Pose Greater Threat to Fire-Damaged Areas in West


The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating...
Published Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for conservation - Protecting Natural Forest in Oil Palm Plantations Crucial for Conservation


A study has found that patches of protected forest on oil palm plantations play an important role in...
Published New research suggests drought accelerated empire collapse - New Research Suggests Drought Accelerated Empire Collapse



The collapse of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age has been blamed on various factors, from w...
Published Landscaping for drought: We're doing it wrong - Landscaping for Drought: We're Doing It Wrong



Despite recent, torrential rains, most of Southern California remains in a drought. Accordingly, man...
Published Human expansion 1,000 years ago linked to Madagascar's loss of large vertebrates - Human Expansion 1,000 Years Ago Linked to Madagascar's Loss of Large Vertebrates


The island of Madagascar -- one of the last large land masses colonized by humans - -sits about 250...
Published Arctic shrub expansion limited by seed dispersal and wildfire - Arctic Shrub Expansion Limited by Seed Dispersal and Wildfire


Scientists investigating the growth of Arctic vegetation have found that seed dispersal and fire wil...
Published Researchers want drivers to see clearly on the road - Researchers Want Drivers to See Clearly on the Road



Every year, sun glare contributes to around 3,000 crashes in the United States. Researchers are help...
Published How quickly does the climate recover? - How Quickly Does the Climate Recover?


It took the climate 20,000 to 50,000 years to stabilize after the rise in global temperatures of fiv...
Published Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions



New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of...
Published More wolves, beavers needed as part of improving western United States habitats - More Wolves and Beavers Needed to Improve Western United States Habitats



Scientists are proposing management changes on western federal lands that they say would result in m...
Published 40 percent of Amazon could now exist as rainforest or savanna-like ecosystems - 40 Percent of Amazon Could Now Exist as Rainforest or Savanna-like Ecosystems


Researchers focused on the stability of tropical rainforests in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Ocean...
Published Grassroots data vital for reducing deadly bird-window strikes - Grassroots Data Vital for Reducing Deadly Bird-Window Strikes


Much of the progress made in understanding the scope of bird deaths from building and window collisi...
Published Cells refine palm fat into olive oil - Cells Refine Palm Fat into Olive Oil: A Breakthrough in Biotechnology



For more than 50 years, it has been suspected that fat cells constantly remodel the lipids they stor...
Published Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate predictions - Linking Fossil Climate Proxies to Living Bacteria Helps Climate Predictions


Fossilized microbial skins can give us a glimpse of how the climate was in the deep geological past....
Published Why icicles are rippled - Why Icicles are Rippled


Winter is coming to an end; the last nights of below zero temperatures are here. In the morning, one...
Published Deconstructing tough, woody lignin - Deconstructing Tough, Woody Lignin: A Breakthrough in Sustainable Biofuel Production


It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. In this case, the 'job' is the breakdown of lignin, th...
Published Like adults, children by age 3 prefer seeing fractal patterns - Like Adults, Children by Age 3 Prefer Seeing Fractal Patterns


By the time children are 3 years old they already have an adult-like preference for visual fractal p...