Lizards, insects and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enough

From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.

James Stroud, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 ~10 min

Lizards, fish and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enough

From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.

James Stroud, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Nov. 21, 2023 ~10 min


Exposing plants to an unusual chemical early on may bolster their growth and help feed the world

A research accident in the Binder lab at the University of Tennessee led to an unprecedented discovery about how plants respond to a hormone called ethylene.

Brad Binder, Professor of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Nov. 9, 2023 ~7 min

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat

A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Oct. 31, 2023 ~7 min

Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults

In a randomized controlled clinical trial, heated yoga sessions led to reduced depressive symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~4 min

When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is

At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 18, 2023 ~9 min

Experts warn how life will change as global temperatures rise

At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Why heating your home this winter may be even harder than last year

Time is running out to ensure that people in fuel poverty can afford to keep warm this winter.

Neil Simcock, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 17, 2023 ~8 min


Here's what's driving the record autumn heat (it's not just carbon emissions)

On top of rising greenhouse gas emissions, aerosol pollution which would normally cool Earth has fallen.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Oct. 11, 2023 ~6 min

Wildland firefighters face a huge pay cut without action by Congress – in the midst of strenuous, dangerous work during fire season

Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.

Brent C. Ruby, Professor of exercise and work physiology, University of Montana • conversation
Sept. 26, 2023 ~9 min

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