Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist prince Peter Kropotkin. He ...

Researchers used high-throughput DNA sequencing to measure biodiversity along a transect – a succession from recently exposed ...

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Two droplet-shaped wind turbines spin in front of China's Qinling station in Antarctica. CHINA DAILY A clean energy system tailored for polar conditions has been put into operation in China's ...

To validate their method, the USTC team joined forces with glaciologists Professor Michael Bender and Dr. Sarah Shackleton from Princeton University. Together, they analyzed two 1-kilogram ice samples ...

These training opportunities and expeditions — from King George Island in Antarctica to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic, and from the Andes to the eastern Tibetan Plateau — are ...

The world's seagrasses possess a remarkable ability to capture and store vast amounts of carbon, according to a global study ...

The authors behind that study attempted to find such old ice, taking a “debris-rich ice core” measuring 944 centimeters (372 inches) in length from the Ong Valley, located in the Transantarctic ...

Today, piles of ancient oyster shells are noticeable to people like Holland-Lulewicz, trained to see anomalies in soil layers. In some locations, the oyster mounds are imposing. “They tower over ...

Dandelions are beneficial plants that provide an early food source for pollinators, aerate soil, and offer nutritional benefits ... dandelions can now be found on every continent except Antarctica, ...

Bhakarba Thakor Abhijit Ambekar (right) brushing soil off the skeleton Abhijit Ambekar says the skeleton - found in the town of Vadnagar - is likely to belong to the Solanki period. The Solanki ...

This incident underscores a stark reality: Under some climate scenarios, scientists predict, 80 percent of Antarctica’s emperor penguin colonies will disappear by the turn of the century.