According to a recent piece by the Canadian Press, you should be deleting your old emails in order to fight excessive energy consumption. In reality, the energy consumption of emails is a good conversation starter but not a serious concern. The Canadian Press’ story opens with data showing that last year, email users sent and …
With a background in biochemistry, Briony Marshall knows all about molecules. But instead of pursuing a lab career, she connects people with scientific topics through sculptures. “I’m a bigger picture person,” Marshall says. “Having looked at what it’s like to work in a lab, I didn’t want to work on a tiny bit of the …
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Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent I hear them long before I see them. As I clamber out of my car in the parking lot near Point Piedras Blancas just off California’s Highway 1, the grunting noises of dozens of elephant seals fill the air. I walk quickly to the wooden viewing platform, lean up against the …
The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates. © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee Adult male Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), is a species that often lives in cities. … [+] (Credit: Andrej Chudý / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) …
A new collaboration between between ecologists and art historians explored whether it’s possible to get accurate information about landscape ecology from nineteenth century paintings. They studied the work of the Hudson River School, particularly Asher Durand, to create a list of questions that could help other researchers decide which paintings (and artists) could hold clues …
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It carries itself with classic elegance, a nine-foot-long torpedo with tapered fins. Like their oceangoing cousins, Caribbean reef sharks swim fast to force water through their mouths and over their gills so they can take in oxygen. But they can also ventilate their gills by using muscles in their mouth while lounging in the shallows, …
Sick of potholes? Thanks to climate change and heavy trucks, we’ll likely see more of them in future Potholes and other pavement failures are on the rise (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Copyright 2014 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. What do the public paved roads in your …
With the shipping industry estimated to be responsible for about 2.1% of global carbon dioxide emissions, the hunt is on for greener technology to reduce those numbers. Eyeing a possible solution in what could prove to be a pivotal moment for the industry, shipping firm Cargill has retrofitted a cargo ship with enormous, rigid “WindWings” …
Our love of nature is highly individual and how we plan our cities and urban green spaces should take this into account, say scientists © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes | LinkTr.ee Gapstow Bridge in autumn in Central Park, NYC. This ornamental stone pedestrian bridge was built in … [+] 1896 and spans …
Every few years, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) releases the National Climate Assessment (NCA), a comprehensive report on the science, impacts, and possible solutions to climate change. The upcoming Fifth National Climate Assessment, set to be published later this year, will play a crucial role in President Biden’s commitment to combat climate change …