Archive for November 2018
The Amazon’s trees are succumbing to climate change
Taller trees, which are predominantly canopy species occupying the upper tiers of forests, are outcompeting smaller plants.
Wind farms can serve as apex predators
The threats wind farms pose to birds may be severe than previously assumed.
Here comes emissions-free air-conditioning
Scientists have designed a device that can serve both as a solar cell and as a cooler at the same time.
Rising to the challenges: a boost to sustainable innovation
Sustainability challenges are many and their number continues growing, but solutions to them do not multiply at the same speed. A new study by SITRA, a Finnish innovation fund, provides an answer to this dilemma. They call it challenge prizes.
A killer stalks among snakes
Snakes worldwide are facing a deadly enemy: a fungus that causes their bodies to erupt in lesions.
Air pollution could cause autism
The developing brains of young children are especially vulnerable to toxic exposures in the environment.