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Published Innovative tech shows promise to boost rubber production in US
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source With disease and high demand posing threats to the world's primary natural rubber supply in Southeas...
Published Chameleon-inspired coating could cool and warm buildings through the seasons
(via sciencedaily.com) As summer turns to fall, many people will be turning off the air conditioning and firing up heaters...
Published Waters along Bar Harbor, Acadia home to billions of microplastics
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers reveal there are an estimated 400 billion microplastic fibers on the surface of Frenchma...
Published Light-controlled artificial maple seeds could monitor the environment even in hard-to-reach locations
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have developed a tiny robot replicating the aerial dance of falling maple seeds. In the...
Published Virtual reality better than video for evoking fear, spurring climate action
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motiv ...
Published These solar panels pull in water vapor to grow crops in the desert - These Solar Panels Pull in Water Vapor to Grow Crops in the Desert
(via sciencedaily.com) Using a unique hydrogel, scientists have created a solar-driven system that successfully grows spina...
Published Using fossil plant molecules to track down the Green Sahara - Using Fossil Plant Molecules to Track Down the Green Sahara
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have developed a new concept to explain the phenomenon known as Green Sahara. They demon...
Published Vast patches of glassy rock in Chilean desert likely created by ancient exploding comet - Vast Patches of Glassy Rock in Chilean Desert Likely Created by Ancient Exploding Comet
(via sciencedaily.com) Heat from a comet exploding just above the ground fused the sandy soil into patches of glass stretch...
Published Plesiosaur fossils found in the Sahara suggest they weren't just marine animals - Plesiosaur Fossils Found in the Sahara Suggest They Weren't Just Marine Animals
(via sciencedaily.com) Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found...
Published Prehistoric climate change repeatedly channelled human migrations across Arabia - Prehistoric Climate Change Repeatedly Channelled Human Migrations Across Arabia
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have discovered archaeological sites in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia associated with ...
Published A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems - A New Model Could Help Stall Shifting Sand Dunes, Protecting Infrastructure and Ecosystems
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have used down-scaled laboratory models to show how sand dunes move through a landscape,...
Published In search of the lost city of Natounia - In Search of the Lost City of Natounia: Uncovering the Secrets of an Ancient Civilization
(via sciencedaily.com) The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan was one of the major regional cent...
Published With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt? - With Rapidly Increasing Heat and Drought, Can Plants Adapt?
(via sciencedaily.com) As deserts expanded their range over the past 5-7 million years, many plants invaded the new biome a ...
Published Beyond humans -- mammal combat in extreme environs - Beyond Humans -- Mammal Combat in Extreme Environs
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study indicates previously unknown high altitude contests between two of America's most sensat...
Published Fairy circles: Plant water stress causes Namibia's gaps in grass
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Namibia's legendary fairy circles are mysterious, circular, bald patches in the dry grasslands on th...
Published Understanding the Green Sahara's collapse
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Abrupt shifts within complex systems such as the Earth's climate system are extremely hard to predic...
Published Yellow evolution: Unique genes led to new species of monkeyflower - Yellow Evolution: Unique Genes Led to New Species of Monkeyflower
(via sciencedaily.com) Monkeyflowers glow in a rich assortment of colors, from yellow to pink to deep red-orange. But about...
Published Butterflies regularly cross the Sahara in longest-known insect migration - Butterflies Regularly Cross the Sahara in Longest-Known Insect Migration
(via sciencedaily.com) Wetter conditions in Sub-Saharan and North Africa at certain times of year can result in hundreds of...
Published Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years - Fossil Discovery in Storeroom Cupboard Shifts Origin of Modern Lizard Back 35 Million Years
(via sciencedaily.com) A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern l...
Published Carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in ancient meteorite - Carbon Dioxide-Rich Liquid Water Found in Ancient Meteorite
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists detect small pockets of carbon dioxide-rich liquid water in a meteorite dating from the e...