View from the top of a measurement tower, where researchers monitor critical forest canopy processes such as photosynthesis, plant water fluxes, leaf characteristics, and growth. Credit: Joao M. Rosa, AmazonFACE New study finds that insufficient nutrient supply has not been properly accounted for in ecosystem models. Agriculture, forestry, and other […]
Lions once roamed Africa, Asia and Europe, but are now only found in parts of Africa and India. (Image: © Shutterstock) Lions are the second-largest cats in the world, after tigers. Known as the “king of beasts” or “king of the jungle,” these regal felines once roamed Africa, Asia and Europe, […]
t costs 2,000 euros ($2,200) to join the collective farm and then a weekly fee of around 10 euros per person Chickens roam the orchards, cows chew the cud and pigs roll in the mud on a warm day on a Dutch farm—but the pastoral scene is not as traditional […]
The Okjokull glacier in Iceland has melted away due to climate change Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. A bronze plaque will be unveiled in a […]
People take photos as they walk along a hiking trail above Rio de Janeiro—part of a projected 8,000-kilometer trail across Brazil Luiz Pedreira walks with other hikers beneath the Atlantic Forest’s thick canopy in Brazil, where an 8,000-kilometre (5,000-mile) trail stretching the full length of the country is being opened […]
In this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, photo, evidence of a Cascadia earthquake’s awesome destructive power is visible at the beach in Neskowin, Ore. A “ghost forest” of Sitka spruces juts up from the beach in the tiny town. The trees were likely buried by tsunami debris 2,000 years earlier, and […]
Decades of uncontrolled and excessive depletion of groundwater reserves, rising sea-levels, and increasingly volatile weather patterns mean swathes of Jakarta have already started to disappear Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts warn that one third of it could be submerged by […]
The destructive fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday on Greece’s second-largest island, prompting the evacuation of four villages including Platana Greece deployed Thursday nearly 400 firefighters backed by EU firebombers to try to put out a massive wildfire on the island of Evia burning through a pristine […]
Turkey will on Saturday mark the anniversary of the 7.4-magnitude quake that hit Izmit—around 100 kilometres east of Istanbul—on August 17, 1999, leaving at least 17,400 people dead Twenty years after a devastating earthquake ravaged the northwest of Turkey, Istanbulites live with the knowledge that another “Big One” is unavoidable, […]
Undergraduate research students, Josh Price (left) and Zach Weagly (right) at lake preparing to collect water samples for chemical and microbiological testing. Downstream from swimming area at Blue Marsh Reservoir. Credit: Melissa Buchter, Penn State A fisherman’s curiosity led to identification of the correlation between microbial communities in recreational freshwater […]