All posts by Daniel T Cross
A thriving Mayan city was undone by a changing climate
Long periods of drought, caused by less rainfall, made living in Mayapan increasingly difficult for its residents.
Urban gardens in the tropics can support embattled bees
Urban agriculture can promote bee communities if managed in a sustainable manner.
Scientists can fortify plants against heat stress as global temperatures rise
Plants get a lot more infections at warm temperatures because their level of basal immunity is down.
Rare sighting of a critically endangered fish in the Mekong raises conservation hopes
The giant salmon carp was believed extinct in Cambodia before a specimen was caught by a local fisherman.
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average
"People are interested not only in long-term climate change but also in 10 years ahead, 20 years, 30 years."
A new method makes it possible to grow food in the dark
"Using artificial photosynthesis approaches to produce food could be a paradigm shift for how we feed people," a scientist stresses.