All over the world, farming methods have been established as a feature of topography, soil type, plant kind, yearly rainfall, and custom. This mosaic of six images from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Discharge and Representation Radiometer (ASTER) sensing unit on NASA's Terra satellite shows differences in field geometry and size in different parts of...
The ComebackAccording to the Guardian, at the peak of the commercial whaling industry, just 1,500 humpback whales were left alive. However, this week, Australian environment minister Sussan Ley announced the removal of the species from the endangered wildlife list.Ley told the independent news channel that removing the humpback from the endangered species list is...
The investigators taking part in the global MOSAiC expedition with the Polarstern icebreaker survey have discovered fish and squid in deep water in the mid-Arctic Ocean.Suddenly four very large fish were captured at a depth of 350-400 meters. An added shock to the research study group was the fact that three of the fish...
According to the most recent projections, sea levels along the United States coastline rise will rise quicker within the following three decades than they did in the previous 100 years, bringing more flooding to coastal cities like New York and Miami.According to a report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels...
The dense sponge grounds discovered on the northerly Langseth Ridge seamount structure represent an astonishingly rich ecosystem, demonstrating the ability of sponges and associated microorganisms to exploit a variety of refractory food sources including fossil seep detritus. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / PS101 AWI OFOS systemGiant sponge gardensLittle food gets to the depths below the perpetually...
IMELTING ICE ON THE ISLANDS OF SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA (BARENTS AND LAPTEV SEA REGION).CREDIT: GABRIELA SCHAEPMAN-STRUB, ARCTIC CENTURY EXPEDITION, 2021The temps in the Arctic are rising as a result of climate change. According to an international study conducted by UZH experts, Arctic warming causes temperature anomalies and cold damage millions of km distant in East...
The elimination of all animal agriculture in the following 15 years would severely diminish greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Research into the climatological impacts of raising animals for food implicates that eliminating all animal agriculture has the potentially to considerably change the direction of global warming.The project is a cooperation...
LMU Zoologists Have Uncovered Examples of Ancient Amber-- Insect Larvae with Unusual Morphologies and Larvae of Early Flying InsectsAmber block containing a fossilized insect. Credit: De Agostini /R. Valterza/Getty Images. thoughtco.comEvery fossil is a time capsule. However, unlike numerous other finds, insects encapsulated in amber are often flawlessly preserved. According to Professor Joachim T....
NASA's Mars Rovers Are the leading Meteorite Hunters in the Solar System!Lebanon Meteorite: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover discovered this huge meteorite, called "Lebanon" on July 15th, 2014. It is an iron meteorite about two meters wide. A small piece of the meteorite, called "Lebanon B", can be seen in the foreground. The angular cavities...
Legume Root nodules colored pink by leghaemoglobin and caused by a symbiotic relationship between the plant and beneficial bacteria. Credit: John Innes CentreThe discovery of the genetics inside legume plants that manage the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule essential to their relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria is a significant breakthrough in the field of sustainable...
