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.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
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.
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.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
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.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.