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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

Schematic scenario for flood basalt eruptions at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Magma intruded into shales, coal beds, and organic-rich sediments, releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide and other pollutants, including Hg. Middle: examples of normal and malformed spores. The picture on the right: Phlebopteris. The fern fossil is from a quarry in Southern Germany (Pechgraben) from … Read more

Geopotential height anomalies at 500 hPa associated with warm blobs. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47032-x The past 10 years have seen a series of “warm blobs” in the northeast Pacific Ocean. These marine heat waves do widespread damage to ecosystems and marine life in the area, but the mechanisms by which they develop and … Read more