Animals are not just inhabitants of the natural world -- they are its architects. A new study has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from vast termite mounds visible ...

The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker daisies absorb sunlight, warming it up. Together, these two types of daisies ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 – Members of the public can lodge complaints with the Independent Police Conduct Commission (IPCC) if ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

The government is committing billions of pounds to an "unproven" green technology for reducing planet-warming gases without ...

This course is about the Earth as a holistic system. You will be introduced to System thinking. The main focus of the course is on the various spheres - the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and ...

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After more than 30 years, the International Baltic Earth Secretariat (IBES), which supports research and other science activities of the Baltic Earth research network, is handed over from the ...

In this paper we describe how the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model of work system and patient safety, which provides a framework for understanding the structures, ...

Amid wildfire death and destruction, there are solutions, workable smart solutions, but who wants to talk about that? Special report We humans have gorged ourselves on fossil fuels for well over a ...