Burkina Faso, in West Africa, has been fighting with desertification and climate change, and has seen a progressive degradation of its forested landscapes due to the expansion of agriculture.
Discovering Greenland’s Time Capsule
“Our study shows that Greenland is much more sensitive to natural climate warming than we used to think–and we already know that humanity’s out-of-control warming of the planet hugely exceeds the natural rate,” says Andrew Christ.
Tanzania’s Tropical Birds: Tracking Our Warming Climate
” it’s a really important ecosystem to study, especially given how little research takes place in Africa compared to other tropical locales.””
Magnetic reversal and demise of the Neanderthals?
“Combined with the highly precise growth-ring dating, the climatic changes over the 1700 year lifetime of the kauri tree can be linked to other records of environmental change. “
Combining Animal Movement and Genomic Data
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Cardiff University followed tagged 56 Arctic peregrine falcons and tracked their journeys by satellite.
When the Arctic Ocean was filled with fresh water
“In the course of analysing deep-sea cores from the floors of the Arctic Ocean and the northernmost part of the North Atlantic, Walter Geibert and colleagues at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, and the University of Bremen, Germany revealed a series of sediment layers that were devoid of excess 230Th. “
Threat to Food Chains from Rising Global Temperatures
Rising temperatures could reduce the efficiency of food chains and threaten the survival of larger animals, new research shows.
Global warming: an important revision
“Getting an idea of natural climate change through the 11.65 thousand years since the end of the last period of extensive glaciation depends on a variety of indirect measurements or proxies for temperature. “
The Potato Bean: A Potential Protein Source
Scientists in Scotland searching for a high protein vegetable source are examining the possibilities of Apios Americana, the American bean plant.
Migration North May Be Key To Survival of Threatened Seabirds
Fieldworkers and volunteer citizen scientists have collected around 50,000 observations from more than 2,500 individuals, providing precious information on survival and location of individual shags.