Solar farms in the UK could bring benefits for nature as well as provide low carbon energy - but unless policies change, potential benefits for nature could be squandered, scientists argue.
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Smithsonian Scientists Devise Method to Secure Earth’s Biodiversity on the Moon
New research led by scientists at the Smithsonian proposes a plan to safeguard Earth’s imperiled biodiversity by cryogenically preserving biological material on the moon.
Climate Change Intensifies and Prolongs Cyclones: International Study
A study co-led by researchers at Rowan University in the US, NTU Singapore and the University of Pennsylvania, US, reveals that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are now forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lingering longer over land.
A Piece of Rhode Island in the Atlantic
Roughly 20,000 years ago, the Laurentide Ice Sheet smothered what is now southern New England beneath a thick layer of ice.
California a Botanical and Climate Change Hot Spot
From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies and sagebrush, California is a global botanical hotspot.
Strong El Nino Makes European Winters Easier to Forecast
Heavy rain and flooding in Brazil in November could tell forecasters whether December, January and February in Britain will be cold and dry or mild and wet.