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The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, commonly referred to as the "AMOC," is a system of ocean currents confined to the Atlantic basin that plays a crucial role in regulating Earth's climate by transporting heat from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere. The AMOC also modulates regional weather, from the mild summers in Europe to the monsoon seasons in Africa and India.

Exposure to natural forest landscapes has been proven to have a positive effect on mental health and stress levels - even after a short time.

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska.

Machine learning has emerged as a powerful tool for weather forecasting and offers considerable potential for climate projections.

When formulating climate policy, too little attention is paid to social factors and too much to technological breakthroughs and economic reasons.

A team of University of Calgary undergraduates hopes to tackle bird flu by developing a continuous early detection system for the virus. Highly infectious avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has impacted 167 million birds in the U.S. since 2022 and has become more effective at crossing species.

Agriculture Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural enemies of pests by 70 percent.

The global use of artificial intelligence is growing at a rapid pace. Yet the energy consumption that comes with it remains largely invisible.

By 2050, the aim is for Switzerland's energy system to be decarbonised and no longer reliant on nuclear power.

Around 100 Bachelor's students from the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering have spent two semesters working on their Focus projects in 11 teams.

Tyre abrasion gets from the road into adjacent soils and affects soil organisms. A joint study by the Ecotox Centre, the aquatic research institute Eawag and the EPFL now shows that earthworms avoid soil that is heavily contaminated with tyre particles.

WHO Pandemic Agreement signed On 20 May 2025, during its annual meeting, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the long-awaited Pandemic Agreement, setting the stage for a more coordinated and equitable global response to future health emergencies.

The Los Angeles region has some of the most polluted air in the United States, failing to meet standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency for the last decade. Now, Caltech researchers have quantified the levels of a component of smog called ammonium nitrate, a molecule that has been notoriously difficult to measure, and have found that there is much more of it than previously calculated, especially on the most polluted days.

HARARA means "heat" in Arabic - a fitting name for a project that addresses one of the most pressing climate challenges of our time.

Study by the University of Bonn sees great potential for solar cells on grain fields or pastures Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens' approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more favorably, as researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to show.

The recently launched nationwide citizen science project GartenDiv will be the first to research plant diversity in Germany's gardens.

Online news headlines have become longer and more negative. They tend to use clickbait style to attract attention. This development can be observed across news outlets, regardless of journalistic quality. Potential reasons include the sinking production costs of online publications, a general change in style, or the more competitive online environment.

Cameras on a remote island in Panama captured the origin and spread of a bizarre -fad- To the point Animal abduction: On Panama-s Jicarón island, biologists documented five male capuchin monkeys carrying at least eleven different infant howler monkeys-a behavior never before seen in wild primates.

New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two.

As the effects of climate change grow more severe, a team of leading scientists is launching a groundbreaking research project to investigate whether climate cooling solutions such as marine cloud and sky brightening could help prevent the worst impacts of global warming.

Light creates safety through street lighting, enables us to work at night or illuminates our city centers at Christmas time - and thus affects almost all'areas of our daily lives.

The consequences of global warming are also becoming increasingly noticeable in Styria. TU Graz has analysed how they affect individual municipalities and derived suitable recommendations for action.

Aldo Steinfeld, a pioneer in synthetic fuels, retires at the end of July 2025.

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two different groups of mycorrhizal fungi.

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will fly past Earth. Researchers at the University of Würzburg are now developing a concept for two small satellites that will rendezvous with Apophis in space and collect photographs of it.

Through the NWO Open Competition, the NWO Social Sciences and Humanities (SGW) domain aims to offer researchers the opportunity to conduct research on a topic of their own choosing, without thematic restrictions.

Wild bees are considered food specialists. They often only collect their nectar from a few or even a single plant.