Antarctica's 'moss forests' are drying and dying
Sep 27, 2018 16:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The lush moss beds that grow near East Antarcticas coast are among the only plants that can withstand life on the frozen continent. But our new research shows that these slow-growing plants are changing at a far faster...
Why climate change is making it harder to monitor marine pollution
Sep 27, 2018 16:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Despite the dramatic news coverage of oil spills and other big pollution disasters in our seas and oceans, most environmental pollution is caused by much smaller incidents that are often invisible, persistent, and far more...
Five things the UK must do to prepare for the next heatwave
Sep 27, 2018 16:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The 2018 summer heatwave in the UK broke records and it wont be the last spell of such severe heat. In fact, climate change means that hot summers which would once occur twice a century may soon occur twice a decade. As...
How to make computers faster and climate friendly
Sep 27, 2018 15:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Nature
Your smartphone is far more powerful than the NASA computers that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in 1969, but it is also an energy hog. In computing, energy use is often considered a secondary problem to...
Guardian dogs, fencing, and 'fladry' protect livestock from carnivores
Sep 27, 2018 10:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Farmers have struggled for millennia to protect their livestock from wolves, lions, bears, and other large carnivores. Its expensive and time-consuming for farmers, governments and related agencies. Many current approaches...
Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria
Sep 25, 2018 18:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Puerto Rico was in crisis long before Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017. For years, this U.S. territory had been struggling with debt, economic crisis and drought. In May 2017, the government defaulted on US$73...
It's teamwork: how dolphins learn to work together for rewards
Sep 25, 2018 18:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Cooperation can be found across the animal kingdom, in behaviours such as group hunting, raising of young, and driving away predators. But are these cooperating animals actively coordinating their behaviour, or are they...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight