SCIENCE

African great apes predicted to see frequent extreme climate events in the next 30 years
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
African apes are already being exposed to climate change impacts, and will experience extreme events such as wildfires, heatwaves and

Older African elephants will be most severely affected by the changing climate
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Older elephants in East Africa will be most severely impacted by climate change, threatening the long-term survival of this vulnerable

Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Researchers have found water vapour in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be forming. Water is

Could fiber optic cable help scientists probe the deep layers of the moon?
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
An increasing number of seismologists are using fiber optic cables to detect seismic waves on Earth — but how would

Building bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Jellyfish can’t do much besides swim, sting, eat, and breed. They don’t even have brains. Yet, these simple creatures can

Ice shell thickness reveals water temperature on ocean worlds
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of

How first cells could have formed on Earth
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life. Origin-of-life scientists often wonder if the type of

Surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: ‘Much more widespread than we thought’
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Global melting is prying the lid off methane stocks, the extent of which we do not know. A young researcher

Astronomers discover heavy elements after bright gamma-ray burst from neutron star merger
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
An international team of astronomers — including Clemson University astrophysicist Dieter Hartmann — obtained observational evidence for the creation of

Slimming down a colossal fossil whale
- By West virginia digital
- . February 29, 2024
A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according to a