Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. There has been plenty of news on the bleaching of coral reefs, but would you believe it if you heard that some humans are actually helping them thrive? A study recently published in Nature has discovered that …
Before you start giving China grief over its pollution, take a moment to listen to the latest news from the Paulson Institute and Greenpeace. Statistics show that in 2015, Beijing saw a 16 percent drop in its concentration of the most deadly type of air pollutant, according to The World Post. The air quality data, …
Anyone in California will tell you that they’ve been feeling the effects of drought for quite some time. However, researchers now believe that they aren’t the only ones being impacted — Mother Nature is feeling it, too. New evidence published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal shows that wildfires have been worst than …
You’ve likely already heard about our planet’s oceans warming up, but what about the lakes? Well, those are heating up as well, according to UPI. A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters has found that the world’s lakes are increasing in temperature by an average rate of 0.61 degrees Fahrenheit each decade. This outpaces the ocean …
Editor’s note: This article is an example of fortune telling in science. These ideas are based on models with constantly moving targets, and with accuracy based on best assumptions and worst case scenarios. There is no way to tell the future, and scientists do not have a crystal ball that is more accurate than any …