Climate

Dragonflies and Damselflies disperse in the heat

A dragonfly considers his options. Disperse or stay in his river? - Credit: © Christian Hof Christian Hof and his co-authors have looked at how water habitats affect the dispersal...

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Unique fish are dealt a dodgy deal

The development of antifreeze glycoproteins by notothenioids, a fish family that adapted to newly formed polar conditions in the Antarctic millions of years ago, is an evolutionary success story. The...

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Tropical deforestation carbon release 'overestimated'

Deforestation in Borneo via Shutterstock The amount of carbon released into the atmosphere by tropical deforestation could be 12% less than estimated, scientists claimed. American researchers have created a 'wall-to-wall'...

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Next ice age delayed by carbon dioxide

Muir Glacier via Shutterstock Research conducted by the University of Florida has stated that normal glaciations are completely changing and behaving differently thanks to high levels of carbon dioxide that...

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