Humans are drastically altering Earth’s climate, according to research. Climate change’s consequences can now be detected all over the world, and they’re getting worse fast, according to a ...
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The Yukon River’s westward trek takes it from its sources in British Columbia, Canada, all the way to Alaska. Generations of Indigenous people have hunted on its banks ...
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APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire has closed a 14-mile stretch of State Route 88 west of Roosevelt Lake, severing an entry route for popular recreation areas ...
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According to a new study, climate change is interfering with researchers’ ability to count bonobos, perhaps leading to massive overestimations of the endangered primates. Bonobos, like other great ...
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Climate change is assisting Atlantic hurricanes in packing more punch, making them rainier, strengthening them faster, and extending their duration even after landfall. However, according to a recent ...
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Climate change is not just a human issue; animals must also adapt to it. As the earth warms, some “warm-blooded” creatures are changing shape and growing larger beaks, ...
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A study led by the University of Queensland has discovered that lava samples have disclosed a new reality about the geological make-up of the Earth’s crust, which could ...
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Humans recognize that personality counts for a lot, at least in our species. But scientists have been more hesitant to ascribe personality — defined as consistent behavior over ...
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According to a new study, all extant snakes descended from a small number of species that survived the massive asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs and most other ...
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Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers have now found possible targets for the early treatment of such damage outside the brain: Bacteria ...
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