Science & Technology
Emissions tied to the international trade of agricultural goods are rising
Scientists have conducted a thorough examination of international trade in agricultural goods, finding that consumers in wealthy countries enjoy the produce while people in less-developed nations endure heightened greenhouse gas emissions and environme…
Targeting molecular pathway that causes pulmonary arterial hypertension
Researchers describe the underlying signaling pathway that results in pulmonary arterial hypertension and a novel monoclonal antibody therapy that blocks the abnormal blood vessel formation characterizing the disease.
Does presenting credibility labels of journalistic sources affect news consumption? New study finds limited effects
Labeling the credibility of information sources does not shift the consumption of news away from low-quality sources or reduce belief in widely circulated inaccurate claims among average internet users, but providing an indicator of sources’ quality ma…
World’s ocean is losing its ‘memory’ under global warming
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study found that most of the world’s ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory under global warming.
The forest as a shelter for insects in warmer climates?
Insect diversity is declining in Bavaria. Land use is a major driver, but the impact of climate change is still unknown. A study has now investigated in more detail how both factors interact in driving insect diversity and what can be done to conserve …