A new comprehensive review paper published last week on 15 July in Nature plants explores how scientists can use CRISPR to enhance traditional plant breeding techniques with the goal of
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Scientists suggest generating more snowfall — trillions of tonnes of the white stuff — could help prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic glacier and would also reduce the long-term
The large appetites and feeding habits of African forest elephants may actually lead to more plant mass which stores more carbon to help mitigate climate change, according to a new
Almost 80 per cent of the world’s major cities will experience drastic changes as a result of global warming, according to a new report entitled Cities of the future: visualising
Climate patterns like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a recent paper published on 3 July in the
According to a new report published on 5 July in Science, planting more trees could be the best way to mitigate climate change — and the cheapest (1). But trees
Power plants, boilers, furnaces, vehicles, and other existing energy infrastructure must be retired to meet the 1.5-degree-Celcius target set out in the Paris agreement and stabilise the climate; however, the
Repeated coral bleaching events owing to global warming are having lasting effects on reef fish communities, including changes in biodiversity and permanent shifts in the range of fish species, according
In a new paper published on 18 June in Nature Reviews Microbiology, 30 microbiologists from 9 countries issue a “warning to humanity” (1). According to the authors, climate change is
A new paper published on 17 June in Nature Ecology & Evolution evaluates the potential impacts of climate change on societies by looking deep into the ancient past. In particular,