Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming.
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Volcanoes Might Light up the Night Sky of This Planet
Until now, researchers have found no evidence of global tectonic activity on planets outside our solar system.
NASA Scientists Complete 1st Global Survey of Freshwater Fluctuation
To investigate humans’ impact on freshwater resources, scientists have now conducted the first global accounting of fluctuating water levels in Earth’s lakes and reservoirs – including ones previously too small to measure from space.
Virginia Tech Researcher Highlights Infectious Diseases and Social Distancing in Nature
Forager ants do it, vampire bats do it, guppies do it, and mandrills do it. Long before humans learned about and started “social distancing due to COVID-19,” animals in nature intuitively practiced social distancing when one of their own became sick.
Researchers Stop Tissue Loss Disease in Rescued Pillar Coral
Scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) have successfully treated and rehabilitated diseased pillar coral rescued from the Florida Reef Tract.
Breakup at Brunt
A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on.