A new assessment reveals that the Arctic’s environment is rapidly deteriorating, threatening species and global weather patterns.
A new assessment reveals that the Arctic’s environment is rapidly deteriorating, threatening species and global weather patterns.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
Breeding plants that can convert more carbon dioxide to food could help feed a growing population.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
The Kyoto agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions was flawed, but it provides useful lessons for upcoming climate regulation negotiations.
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
The World Meteorological Organization finds that the atmospheric gases behind climate change reached a new record high in 2011.