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On warming Antarctic Peninsula, moss and microbes reveal unprecedented ecological change
This is a Polytrichum strictum moss peat formation.
Credit: British Antarctic Survey
By carefully analyzing a 150-year-old moss bank on the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers reporting in...
Areas burnt by fires will triple in the Iberian Peninsula by 2075
Areas burnt after the fire in Oia (Pontevedra) in which more than 1,800 hectares burned in 2013.
Credit: Contando estrelas
The impact of forest fires is...
Accelerating rate of temperature rise in the Pyrenees
The impact of climate change in the Central Pyrenees has been greater since 1970, particularly in the spring and summer months.
Credit: Javier Sigró
The Iberian...
Frequent sexual activity can boost brain power in older adults
Older couple.
Credit: © denissimonov / Fotolia
More frequent sexual activity has been linked to improved brain function in older adults, according to a study by...
Microbe mystery solved: What happened to the Deepwater Horizon oil plume?
Berkeley Lab scientist Gary Andersen led a study that identified all of the principal oil-degrading bacteria in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Credit: Berkeley...
Panda love spreads to benefit the planet
A panda in China's Wolong Nature Reserve, snacks on bamboo. Efforts to conserve panda habitat have benefited both other animals and plants, but also...
Insomnia medication may wake up some patients from vegetative state
Rendering of a nerve cell.
Credit: © BillionPhotos.com / Fotolia
In a new systematic review in JAMA Neurology, Michigan Medicine researchers found reason to further explore...
New research could help humans see what nature hides
In the picture above, the same horizontal striped pattern has been added to all of the square backgrounds, yet the pattern is much harder...
Tipping points are real: Gradual changes in CO2 levels can induce abrupt climate changes
Gro?nland.
Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Coen Hofstede
During the last glacial period, within only a few decades the influence of atmospheric CO2 on the North Atlantic circulation...
Video games can change your brain
The studies show that playing video games can change how our brains perform, and even their structure.
Credit: © Drobot Dean / Fotolia
Scientists have collected...
Genes, ozone, and autism
Genes, Environment, and the Risk for Autism: Environment factors (ozone) can interact with genetic factors (copy number variation) to produce an even higher risk...
