In an era of increased urbanization, the value of green spaces in urban areas is becoming more apparent. A recent study has identified a wide range of benefits connected with green neighborhoods, including mental and physical health. The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) undertook a large-scale study highlighting greenery’s value in [...]
Plant cold specialists, such as spoonworts, have adjusted exceptionally well to the cold conditions of the Ice Ages. The changing cold and warm eras resulted in the emergence of diverse species and a large expansion of their genome. This study investigates how these plants have adjusted to their habitats, the [...]
Significant sections of the great fabric of fungal diversity remain unexplored, particularly among insects and fungi. These organisms, which include millions of species that have yet to be cataloged by science, constitute a new frontier for investigation and conservation in the face of accelerating global biodiversity loss. Academy Research Fellow [...]
Effective water quality management can greatly reduce future water scarcity. Global water scarcity, caused by both quantity and quality changes, is a significant barrier to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A multinational team of researchers has created a revolutionary modeling approach that finds cost-effective mixtures of water management tactics, [...]
A landmark research effort from the University of Leeds revealed the full scale of the environmental impact of long-distance travel. Despite accounting for fewer than 3% of all trips taken by UK residents, travels of more than 50 miles (one way) account for a startling 70% of all passenger travel-related [...]
Farmers in the United States are dealing with the catastrophic consequences of climate change, including severe temperatures, drought, prolonged rainfall, floods, and erosion. These difficulties considerably impact crop productivity, resulting in a growing curiosity about regenerative agriculture. This agricultural method tries to improve soil health through a variety of techniques. It [...]
In a revolutionary research published in the journal Frontiers in Science, researchers claimed that conserving an additional 1.2% of the world’s land may avoid the vast majority of anticipated plant and animal extinctions. This project, anticipated to cost around $263 billion, attempts to address the critical need for conservation in [...]
Nature reserves and other protected places are crucial to biodiversity conservation. These zones are intended to preserve ecosystems, conserve endangered species, and sustain ecological equilibrium. However, there is persistent disagreement over whether these conservation initiatives are at the cost of local economic development. A new study, published on June 20 [...]
Over many years, researchers examining elephants have noted an odd phenomenon: when an elephant speaks to a group, all of the others answer, but sometimes only one individual does. This has given rise to an intriguing hypothesis: may elephants speak to each other using the same kind of names? A [...]
A recent perspective paper in Natural Climate Change offers novel Demand-side Strategies to dramatically reduce the consumption of resources and fossil fuel air pollution. This study, led by Felix Creutzig of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Berlin, Germany, involves inputs from IIASA researchers Alessio [...]
