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In an unexpected twist, climate change is having a positive effect on the Norwegian reindeers of Svalbard. Populations in the Arctic Archipelago are thriving because of rising temperatures, with number...

Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology

Cloud formation slowed by biodiesel emission

July 14, 2014

Global cloud formation and rainfall could be more dramatically and unexpectedly affected by the increasing use of biodiesel than first thought suggests new research from the Institut Laue-Langevin. Emissions of...

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Global warming favours light-coloured insects

July 7, 2014

A warming European climate has led to lighter coloured butterflies and dragonflies out-competing their darker counterparts. Researcher published in Nature Communications has revealed as the climate has warmed, communities of...

Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Zoology

£10m prize to solve greatest scientific problem

May 20, 2014

A £10 million prize has been launched by Nesta and the Technology Strategy Board to solve the greatest scientific problem facing the world today. The Longitude Prize – based on...

Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Food & Beverage, Pathology

Rain in Balkans cause flood and landslides

May 19, 2014

Three months-worth of rain have fallen in three days in the Balkans, causing widespread floods and landslides. The torrential rain has caused an estimated 2,100 landslides in Bosnia, covering roads,...

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Saharan dust cloud highlights air quality problems

April 4, 2014

Air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk according to the World Health Organization. Figures released before the recent Saharan dust invasion and subsequent haze hanging over...

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Soap bubbles predict circling winds

February 5, 2014

Meteorologists have been using an unusual tool to predict the wind intensity and strength of hurricanes and typhoons – soap bubbles. Researchers from the Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine used...

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Nanoparticles and the environment

December 30, 2013

Metallic nanoparticles have many possible uses – including clean fuel technology and high density storage – but their potential effects on their environment remain unknown.An international team of researchers have...

Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Acid rain plays role in Great Dying

November 29, 2013

Rain as acidic as undiluted lemon juice could have contributed to the Great Dying, a severe mass extinction event nearly 252 million years ago.The cause of the massive extinction at...

Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Paleobiology

Ring rain influences Saturn’s atmosphere

May 8, 2013