Environmental Protection
Pollen allergies will get worse as the weather warms
If CO2 emissions remain at current levels, ragweed could double its production of pollen in 65 years.
Coral damage, ecosystem loss tied to ‘Reef Grief’ in Australia
Scientists at James Cook University in Queensland are among the world’s foremost experts on the damaged coral and threatened biodiversity of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but their recent research focuses instead on people. Specifically, they set out to measure “Reef
Asian elephants could go the way of the mammoths
Measures to enhance survival of calves, and particularly females, are key to saving the Asian elephant.
By making potatoes heat-resistant we can ensure bountiful harvests
By switching off an RNA in plants, we can equip them with the ability to handle climate change better.
Decarbonizing plastics is finally possible
A line of research looks at ways to cut the carbon footprint of plastics down to as little as possible.
The days of pangolins in the wild may well be numbered
Some 38,000 pangolins in Africa were poached and killed for their scales for just two shipments seized in Singapore.