Stardust in the Antarctic snow: Iron-60 discovery in the Antarctic provides information on the environment of solar system
The quantity of cosmic dust that trickles down to Earth each year ranges between several thousand and ten thousand tons.
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Rising summer heat could soon endanger travelers on annual Muslim pilgrimage
Hajj, or Muslim Pilgrimage, is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith.It is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that involves living in the hot weather conditions of Saudi Arabia.
More 'reactive' land surfaces cooled the Earth down: Higher reactivity could explain temperature drop before last ice age
In a new study, Jeremy Caves-Rugenstein from ETH Zurich, Dan Ibarra from Stanford University and Friedhelm von Blanckenburg from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam were able to show that this paradigm cannot be upheld. According to the paper, weathering was constant over the period under consideration.
Hear them roar: How humans and chickadees understand each other: High-arousal vocalizations are understood by both humans and other species in the animal kingdom, study says
The researchers examined the elements within vocalizations that indicate a level of arousal such as fear or excitement..
Wood products mitigate less than one percent of global carbon emissions
An analysis across 180 countries found that global wood products offset 335 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2015, 71 million tons of which were unaccounted for under current United Nations standards. Wood product carbon sequestration could rise more than 100 million tons by 2030, depending on the level of
Coral reefs shifting away from equator: New research reveals a dramatic rebalancing of young corals from tropical to subtropical waters during the last 40 years
"Climate change seems to be redistributing coral reefs, the same way it is shifting many other marine species," said Nichole Price, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and lead author of the paper. "The clarity in this trend is stunning, but we don't yet know whether
How trees could save the climate
The Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich investigates nature-based solutions to climate change.
Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch
"We found that a certain region of our brains has a stronger preference for sounds with pitch than macaque monkey brains," said Bevil Conway, Ph.D., investigator in the NIH's Intramural Research Program and a senior author of the study published in Nature Neuroscience. "The results raise the possibility that
Using artificial intelligence to better predict severe weather: Researchers create AI algorithm to detect cloud formations that lead to storms
Now, there is a computer model that can help forecasters recognize potential severe storms more quickly and accurately, thanks to a team of researchers at Penn State, AccuWeather, Inc., and the University of Almería in Spain.
They have developed a framework based on machine learning linear classifiers -- a
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
Until that point, the success of organisms living within the marine environment had been strongly controlled by non-biological factors, including ocean chemistry and climate.
Scientists discover the biggest seaweed bloom in the world
They confirmed that the belt of brown macroalgae called Sargassum forms its shape in response to ocean currents, based on numerical simulations.
Can we feed 11 billion people while preventing the spread of infectious disease?
But a new article published in Nature Sustainability describes how the increase in population and the need to feed everyone will also, ultimately, give rise to human infectious disease, a situation the authors of the paper consider "two of the most formidable ecological and public health challenges of the 21st
Origin of life insight: Peptides can form without amino acids
The findings, published in Nature, could be a missing piece of the puzzle of how life first formed.
For The First Time In 17 Years, ZERO Whales Will Be Harpooned In Iceland!
Whales will no longer be hunted in Iceland thanks to activism and a lower demand for whale meat, as well as an expansion of a no fishing zone in the Ocean.
Melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled in recent years: Fast-paced warming is consistently affecting huge region, says new study
"This is the clearest picture yet of how fast Himalayan glaciers are melting over this time interval, and why," said lead author Joshua Maurer, a Ph.D.