Solar power has quietly pulled ahead of coal and gas in Germany’s electricity mix, even though the country is better known ...

Plant viruses pose a serious and ongoing threat to global agriculture in tropical to temperate regions. Among the most damaging are begomoviruses, a group of DNA viruses spread by whiteflies that ...

In southwestern Angola, an expanse of coastal plains comes to an abrupt end at a natural barrier. The Huíla plateau soars ...

The winter Olympics are nearing. The Olympics display the world’s best athletes, who in turn, reveal what can happen when humans are willing to sacrifice many pleasures to obtain a ...

In recent decades, mangroves along the Atlantic coast of North America have expanded into areas traditionally dominated by ...

Pendle Ski Club in northwest England has no snow, but is a modest ski slope covered in plastic. Britain, with its temperate ...

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Biomes are the world's major habitats. These habitats are identified by the vegetation and animals that populate them. The regional climate determines each biome's location. Grassland biomes have cold ...

Some scientists have held out hope that, given the threats tropical corals face from climate change, they could improve their viability by expanding their range — by finding refuge in more temperate ...

When the Sun runs out of hydrogen fuel and expands into a red giant, it will eventually encompass the innermost planets of the solar system, out to about Earth’s orbit. Being closer to our enlarged ...

For decades, scientists believed cool temperate rainforests were fragile ecosystems easily damaged by disturbances like fires or logging. But new research from the University of Melbourne challenges ...