The laws of thermodynamics dictate that a warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, but new research has found that atmospheric moisture has not increased as expected over arid and semi-arid regions of the world as the climate has warmed.
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Rethinking Monarchs: Does the Beloved Butterfly Need Our Help?
To help the monarch butterfly, Texas writer Charlie Scudder decided to home-rear its caterpillars.
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.
URI Professor Leads Effort Demonstrating Success of New Technology in Conducting Deep-Sea Research on Fragile Organisms
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.
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.
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).