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Glaciers are in Retreat Worldwide

A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to be the fastest-warming place on Earth in recent decades. The increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and human-caused climate change are significantly raising temperatures around the world. This now seems to be triggering the ...

Beyond 1.5°C: Who Bears the Burden of Climate Overshoot?

Who bears responsibility for Earth surpassing the 1.5°C temperature limit that was established by the Paris Agreement in 2015? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated methods that can be ...

Dietary Nutrition Proven to Affect Mental Health

A study published in the European Journal of Nutrition investigates the relationships between nutrient patterns and depressive symptoms (DS) in a cohort of elderly individuals over a period of up to 16 years. The study began with a cohort of 1,755 individuals from the 3C Bordeaux cohort who responded to a dietary ...

The Unique Shape of Certain Cells Provides a Critical Advantage

Certain cells have an unusual shape that is similar to an oak leaf or puzzle piece, and researchers have found that the form of these cells helps them withstand dramatic changes in volume. These cells can be found in all of the lymphatic vessels of humans, and similar cell shapes are also found in plants, where ...

Climate Action Must Accelerate to Prevent Runaway Warming

How could climate change worsen over the next 1,000 years and what steps can be taken to mitigate its impact? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Research Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany investigated the ...

A Better Way to Diagnose Chagas Disease

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wild animals in the Americas, including the kissing bug. The disease can cause mild symptoms like fatigue, fever, rash, and body aches, but if untreated it can ...

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