A quarter of a million wolves once roamed from coast to coast before European colonizers embarked on campaigns of eradication that persisted into the 20th century all but wiped them out in the lower-48 states. The Republican-majority US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would remove endangered species protections for the gray … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With climate change continuing its relentless march, the world faces not only rising temperatures and extreme weather but also an insidious threat to our homes: invasive termites. And the bill could be steep; invasive termites currently cost over US $40 billion annually. In a new study published in Neobiota, Ph.D. student … Read more
The adsorption mechanism of uranium (VI) by hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). Credit: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology Nuclear energy has long been regarded as a next-generation energy source, and major countries around the world are competing to secure cutting-edge technologies by leveraging the high economic efficiency and sustainability of nuclear power. However, … Read more
Grazing of both domestic and wild animals is shaping landscapes across Europe. Credit: A. Pohl A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and potential incentives for and challenges of low-intensity grazing among farmers … Read more
Impacts of climate change on airborne Quercus pollen trends in Andalusia region (southern Spain). Credit: Regional Environmental Change (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10113-023-02181-5 A study by the University of Cordoba analyzes trends in the blooming patterns of the genus Quercus in Andalusia, using pollen concentrations in the air and confirming their effects on allergies How does climate … Read more
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) at the summit of Cerro Chajnantor. Credit: 2024 TAO project How do planets form? How do galaxies evolve? And ultimately, how did the universe itself begin? A unique astronomical observatory that researchers hope will unravel some of the biggest mysteries out there marks its opening on April 30, … Read more
Lonni Besançon is an assistant professor at the Division of Media and Information Technology at Linköping University. Credit: Thor Balkhed Lonni Besançon devotes evenings and weekends to rarely appreciated sanitation work. By examining scientific articles after they are published and exposing shortcomings, he has made himself an enemy of both researchers and publishers. It has … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Between 1999 and 2017, every state has passed a law addressing bullying, and 90% of those states amended or updated their laws, according to research that analyzes the most comprehensive legal data on anti-bullying laws to date. The data were created by researchers from the Center for Public Health Law Research … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Abercrombie & Fitch. Balenciaga. Starbucks. In recent years, these brands and many others have faced extreme public backlash due to insensitive comments from executives, changes to loyalty programs, controversial advertising decisions, and more. In today’s hyperconnected world, negative information about brands can quickly snowball online, resulting in widespread calls for boycotts … Read more
The mid-2030s phase out agreed by G7 ministers has been described as ‘too late’ by environmentalists. G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but slammed as “too late” by others. The Group of Seven two-day … Read more
