This photograph was captured by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as the spacecraft orbited over the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes and the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert.
Agriculture in Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert
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Rethinking Mountain Water Security
The study, led by Imperial College London, University of Birmingham, University of Zurich, the British Geological Survey and Pontifical Catholic University of Peru along with local partners, suggests this lack of integrated water security knowledge is due to poor understanding of what happens ‘beyond the cryosphere’ – that is the contribution from water sources other than frozen water such as hillslopes, wetlands, and groundwater.
Working With Mountain Communities Could Help Water Systems Adapt to Climate
Imperial scientists have shared how working directly with mountain communities could drive adaptation to the loss of their main water sources.
Farmers in China, Uganda Move to High-Yielding, Cost-Saving Perennial Rice
After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial.
Surface Melting of Glass
In 1842, the famous British researcher Michael Faraday made an amazing observation by chance: A thin layer of water forms on the surface of ice, even though it is well below zero degrees.
Entomologists Issue Warning About Effects of Climate Change on Insects
In a new scientific review, a team of 70 scientists from 19 countries warned that if no steps are taken to shield insects from the consequences of climate change, it will “drastically reduce our ability to build a sustainable future based on healthy, functional ecosystems.”
