A New Look at the Changing Water Cycle Over Land
Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: Geophysical Research Letters...
How did forelimb function change as vertebrates acquired limbs and moved onto land?
Life reconstruction of the early tetrapod Pederpes showing the forelimb bones beneath the skin. Credit:...
Land deals meant to improve food security may have hurt — ScienceDaily
Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to...
7 things to know about the NASA rover about to land on Mars
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, engineers observed the...
Model predicts global threat of sinking land will affect 635 million people worldwide
A new analysis suggests that, by 2040, 19% of the world's population - accounting for...
Weapons carved from human bone come from drowned land bridge between UK and Europe
About 11,000 years ago, Stone Age hunters crafted sharp weapons out of human bone, a...
Mummified baboons may identify lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt’s trading partner
Mummified baboons may reveal the location of the lost land of Punt, ancient Egypt's mysterious...
Clearing land to feed 2050’s human population threatens biodiversity
Humankind’s growing need for food is running up against thousands of other species’ need for...
Land ecosystems are becoming less efficient at absorbing CO2 — ScienceDaily
Land ecosystems currently play a key role in mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide...
Urban land and aerosols amplify hazardous weather, steer storms toward cities
Intensified convection is just one way urban land and anthropogenically produced aerosols may shape hazardous...