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New research from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has determined how a common holiday spice—cinnamon—might be enlisted in the fight against obesity.
Scientists had previously observed that cinnamaldehyde, an essential oil that gives cinnamon its flavor, appeared to protect mice against obesity and hyperglycemia. But the mechanisms underlying the effect were not well understood.
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, scientists have warned.
A new study, led by the University of Leeds, found there was less volcanic activity in Iceland when glacier cover was more extensive. As the glaciers melted, volcanic eruptions increased due to subsequent changes in surface pressure.
A new UCLA-led study reinforces the importance of collaboration in assessing the effects of climate change.
The research, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers new insights about previously unknown factors affecting Greenland’s melting ice sheet, and it could ultimately help scientists more accurately predict how the phenomenon could cause sea levels to rise.
El calentamiento del océano desde la década de 1980 está relacionado con la propagación de algas tóxicas, según un estudio recientemente publicado dirigido por el Dr. Christopher Gobler, profesor de ciencias marinas en la Escuela de Ciencias Marinas y Atmosféricas (SoMAS, por sus siglas en inglés) en la Universidad Stony Brook.
North Atlantic right whales are one of the world’s most critically endangered large whales, but if you’re lucky, you can still see them: a mother nursing her newborn in the warm waters off the Georgia or Florida coast, their only known calving grounds; right whales socializing and feeding in the fertile waters of Cape Cod Bay, sometimes within sight of shore; whales — black, 50 feet long, and weighing some 100,000 pounds — rising through the water in the Bay of Fundy or the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the northern end of their thousand-mile-plus migration route.
Las diferentes tecnologías bajas en carbono, desde la energía eólica y solar, hasta la captura y el secuestro de carbono fósil (CCS), difieren mucho en lo que respecta a las emisiones indirectas de gases de efecto invernadero en su ciclo de vida. Este es el resultado de un nuevo estudio exhaustivo realizado por un equipo internacional de científicos que ahora se publica en la revista Nature Energy
