SOS! Scientists sound climate alarm with exclamation mark
Oslo, NorwayThomson Reuters Foundation Most scientific studies – even those with remarkable findings – have long had their wider appeal dimmed by unremarkable titles. But as researchers – who mostly err on the side of cautious understatement – grow more alarmed by worsening climate change impacts including heatwaves, droughts and melting ice, an unfamiliar piece […]
Scientists publish the first complete human genome
Washington DC, USReuters Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic variation among the world’s 7.9 billion people. Researchers in 2003 unveiled what was then billed as the complete sequence of the human […]
Europe’s July heatwave ‘extremely unlikely’ without climate change – scientists
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Global warming turbo-charged July’s record-breaking heatwave in Europe by 1.5 to three degrees Celsius, scientists said on Friday, adding that the intensity in some countries would have been “extremely unlikely” without climate change. The heatwaves in France and the Netherlands last month would have had a chance of happening only once […]
ESSAY: MAGGOTS MAY BE A DEUS EX MACHINA TO SAVE US FROM GLOBAL WARMING
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at the possibility that maggots are the “miracle” we’re looking for to save the Earth…