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Science
Grasshoppers size shift reveals the winners and losers of the climate change.
Colora Drocky Mountains, a typical glass hopper, Melano Plus Ball Lencis. Credit: Thomas Nuff, 2022 As the number of insects’ groups called “apocalypse of insects” decreases around the world, biologists judge how six -legged creatures react to the world of global warming, and long -term winners. I am desperate to predict the loser. A new study by Coloradographic Hopper shows…
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Earth
500-year simulation reveals natural drivers of North Atlantic Oscillation shift
Research led by a team from the University of Barcelona is helping to solve some mysteries about the causes of NAO migration, one of the most influential patterns of climate change in the Northern Hemisphere. Credit: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41612-024-00842-8 Much remains unknown about what causes the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a significant climate phenomenon in…
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Biology
Mosquito genetics may explain why Zika virus outbreaks are rare in Africa: climate change could shift the balance
Mosquitoes that bite people. Credit: Greg Murray / Louis Lambrechts Africa’s low incidence of the Zika virus may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations, a study has found. Research by scientists at Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), the Pasteur Institute, and the University of California, San Diego, reveals the causes of…
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Other Sciences
Saturday Quote: Octopus as a fish shift supervisor. The universe confuses the standard model. very old cheese
3,300-year-old kefir cheese discovered in a Tarim mummy. Credit: Yang Yiming This week, biologists tracked a mysterious group of killer whales near Chile. Hubble has discovered a black hole jet that explodes stars along its orbit. Researchers then described mysterious craters that began appearing in Siberian permafrost in the 2010s. But you’re probably here for cheese, cosmology, and taco, so…
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