A University of Rhode Island professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography, along with a multidisciplinary research team from multiple institutions, successfully demonstrated new technologies that can obtain preserved tissue and high-resolution 3D images within minutes of encountering some of the most fragile animals in the deep ocean.
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The Heat is on: UMass Amherst Scientists Discover Southern Africa’s Temps Will Rise Past the Rhinos’ Tolerance
Southern Africa contains the vast majority of the world’s remaining populations of both black and white rhinoceroses (80% and 92%, respectively).
Climate Change Threatens Global Forest Carbon Sequestration, Study Finds
Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data.
Insect Populations Flourish in the Restored Habitats of Solar Energy Facilities
Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky.
Tropical Cyclone Belal
In January 2024, Tropical Cyclone Belal lashed Réunion and Mauritius, islands in the southwest Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, with torrential rain and flooding.
Climate Change May Make Wildfires Larger, More Common in Southern Appalachian Region
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found that more extreme and frequent droughts would dramatically increase the amount of forest burned by wildfire in the southern Appalachian region of the Southeast through the end of the century.
