climate change

Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds

Climate Change Threatens Earth’s Major Crops, Study Finds

With global average temperatures expected to continue to rise in the coming decades, scientists have projected that warming will significantly harm global agriculture as it weakens crop yields and disrupts food production. Now, new research finds that warming will disrupt many of Earth’s major crops and harm global crop diversity. The study, conducted by researchers […]

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    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    The amount of rain that falls affects our environment in various ways, from river flow to the availability of freshwater, but it can also shape the diversity and distribution of ecosystems within different regions of the globe. A new long-term study of Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) on Cousin Island has revealed that rainfall during the […]

    Scientists Seek to Grow More Heat-Tolerant Tomatoes

    Scientists Seek to Grow More Heat-Tolerant Tomatoes

    As climate change worsens drought events, scientists are finding ways to make crops more resilient. Such is the case in a new study where biologists at Brown University explored tomato traits and growth cycles that are most durable against heat stress. Crop yields are expected to decline between 2.5% to 16% for each degree Celsius […]

    Mount Fuji Sets Record for Latest Time in the Year Without Snow

    Mount Fuji Sets Record for Latest Time in the Year Without Snow

    Mount Fuji remains snowless in late October, the latest in the year that the famous mountain has gone without snow for at least 130 years, when records began. In recent years, at least a light snowfall on Mount Fuji is common by early October, but this year has seen record-breaking hot months over the summer […]