HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (AP) – A California coastal commission on Wednesday rejected a long-running proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn Pacific Ocean water into drinking water as the state grapples with an ongoing drought that is expected to worsen in the coming years. with climate change. The state’s coastal commission … Read more
The writer is a senior fellow at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School It is increasingly clear that the crises we face today – in climate, energy and security – can only be addressed through ambitious projects. But how can we raise capital for them? Usually, it is only when a … Read more
This finding validates iron secretion as a drug target in tuberculosis and reveals a novel mechanism for putative drugs. Many tuberculosis bacteria are highly resistant to many antibiotics. Michael Niederweis, left, and Lei ZhangLi Zhang, Ph.D., and Michael Niederois, Ph.D., from The University of Alabama at Birmingham They have taken what they call a “major … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia – More than 90 percent of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals surveyed this year have been bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, Australian government scientists said. Bleaching caused by global warmingbut this is the first coral bleaching event during the La Niña … Read more
First things first: Elliot Tanner is an amazing 13-year-old boy. On Thursday, he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in physics, and is among the youngest college graduates in American history. The graduate program there will begin in the fall. After receiving his Ph.D., he wants to become a high-energy theoretical … Read more
Image: Fluorescent microscopy images of healthy testes (left) and mutant plume (right). Cell nuclei are shown in blue, and the main reproductive cell mitosis protein (Sycp3) is shown in yellow. In healthy testes, the protein is localized in the nucleus, where it can fulfill its role, while accumulating in spikes around the nucleus. The latter … Read more
A man who swam across the Great Pacific Garbage Patch discovered it was teeming with marine life. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area between Hawaii and California where a large amount of trash, fishing gear, and other marine debris has been collected. So far, the patch has drawn attention for its large backlog … Read more
Coniferous forest in Northern California. Credit: Antoine Capone What will happen to the world’s forests in light of rising global temperatures? Will an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere help trees grow? Or will extreme fluctuations in temperature and precipitation hinder growth? It all depends on whether the tree’s growth is further restricted by … Read more
Mauritian pink pigeon. Credit: Mauritius Wildlife Foundation The authors of a major study of the once-threatened pink pigeon say that increasing the species’ numbers is not enough to save it from future extinction. In spite of Overpopulationthe team’s analysis shows that pink pigeons have a high genetic load of bad mutations, putting them at risk … Read more
Global warming can affect hurricanes, in part because a warmer ocean provides more energy to fuel them. But that’s not the only factor in the game: A study released Wednesday confirmed that for the frequency of hurricanes, the effects of particulate air pollution are greater. The new research shows, over the past four decades, that … Read more
