How Have Hominids Adapted to Past Climate Change?Gayathri VaidyanathanClimateWire
Viticulture can be adapted to allow vines to withstand drier conditions. This includes canopy management and row orientation as well as the selection of clones. The latter is very relevant for Tempranillo which features in so many wines and ripens earlier than some varieties. Another move underlines...
The climate crisis has made heatwaves more likely and more intense around the world.Record-breaking high temperaturesare being reported across the world. According to international data, the first week of July 2023 wasthe hottest week on record, putting millions of people in danger. All throughou...
ii The relevance of the Little Ice Age todayiii How cities contribute to climate changeiv Human impact on the climatev How past climatic conditions can be determinedvi A growing need for weather recordsvii A study covering a thousand yearsviii People have always responded to climate change...
Although bovids have adapted to a wide range of habitats, from arctic tundra to deep tropical forest, the majority of species favour open grassland, scrub or desert. This diversity of habitat is also matched by great diversity in size and form: at one extreme is the royal antelope of West ...
Lizards that can outrun blazes. Birds that lay ash-colored eggs. Wildlife may have a limited ability to evolve in this fiery new era known as the Pyrocene.
“There’s this big question of the role that evolutionary change will play in response to climate change, and the way the researchers integrate genomic information is the best of its kind in the world of marine experimental evolution,” said Kelly. According to Pespeni, there is reason to ...
Your eyes aren't deceiving you. They are just a couple of recent examples of odd wildlife behaviour observed due to "false" springs or delayed winter starts. With climate change, more tales of wildlife undergoing behavioural changes, or being "tricked" by...
developcorn with shorter, stronger stalksthat could reduce the loss of crops to increasingly powerful storms; novelcover cropsthat can help sequester more carbon dioxide and produce biofuels; and animals that could resist zoonotic diseases that climate change may behelping to ...
(Madison, WI)—Like a casino dealer shuffling the deck, climate change is starting to reorder species from the grasslands of Argentina to ice-free areas of Greenland. Interested in Environmental News? Subscribe to our free Environmental Tools & Techniques newsletter. ...