physics

Conceptual model of rural–rural migration and land systems. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01396-6 Climate and other environmental changes sometimes drive people to migrate, especially if the land no longer supports a population’s way of life. In turn, mobile populations alter the environment in which they settle. Migration dynamics and their interactions with climate and … Read more

Geographic range and IUCN Red List of Threatened Species conservation status of the 17 red colobus (Piliocolobus) species. Credit: Conservation Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1111/conl.13014 Many people have never heard of a red colobus, yet they are Africa’s most imperiled group of monkeys. There are 17 species of red colobus found in tropical forests from Senegal … Read more

Powerful Typhoon Ampil is expected to skirt Tokyo as it barrels up the coastline on Friday. A “very strong” typhoon buffeted Japan’s Pacific coast with fierce winds and heavy rain on Friday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains in the Tokyo area and leaving over 4,000 homes without power. Located about 300 … Read more

Fusarium wilt of banana is currently decimating the Cavendish banana—the world’s most popular commercially available banana. Once present in a banana field, the fungus cannot be eradicated, making future production of Cavendish bananas almost impossible. Credit: A. Viljoen The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to … Read more

Fermentation can be used to produce vitamins, proteins, food ingredients such as dyes and flavors, medicines and vaccines. Credit: DTU The growing world population means that the environment is under great strain. Agriculture takes up large land areas and discharges nutrients to the surrounding environment. At the same time, there is tremendous pressure on the … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Building positive connections with teachers and peers in the classroom can be critical to the mental health and academic success of children and adolescents. Yet a new national poll from The Kids Mental Health Foundation, conducted by Ipsos, finds half of parents believe that spending too much time on technology and … Read more

Acoustic monitoring was carried out on soil in remnant vegetation as well as degraded plots and land that was revegetated 15 years ago. Credit: Flinders University Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms—a bit like an underground rave concert of bubble pops and clicks. Special recordings made … Read more

Shale is physically and chemically complex at all scales of interest. Multimodal, multiscale imaging, and characterization allows researchers to study how to control the transport and reactivity of matter inside complex porous structures such as shale. Credit: CMC-UF A team of researchers is working on a multidisciplinary approach to advancing the exploration of shale rock … Read more

A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstream from Beaver, Alaska, shows accumulations of sediments, which harbor the toxic metal mercury. Credit: Michael P. Lamb. The Yukon River flows west across Alaska toward the Bering Sea, eroding Arctic permafrost along its banks and transporting sediment downstream. Within that sediment lurks a … Read more

A view of Garbh Eileach, the largest island in the Garvellach island chain where the gradational transition into snowball Earth is recorded. Credit: Graham Shields A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world’s most complete record of “snowball Earth,” a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice, … Read more