Global groundwater depletion is accelerating but not inevitable, researchers say
This document provides the most comprehensive account to date of trends in groundwater levels around the world. Darker colors indicate ...
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World’s Largest Weed Database Allows Scientists to Examine the Past and Future of Global Agriculture
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A new weed database, which could help scientists understand how traditional agricultural systems have been managed ...
Researchers say fostering global cooperation is essential to safeguard critical functions of the Earth system.
Credit: CC0 Public domain The defining elements of the Earth system should be considered global commons, researchers say in a ...
Study says ice age could help predict ocean response to global warming
Credit: CC0 Public domain A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer has discovered that deposits deep beneath ...
Global food production at risk as rising temperatures threaten farmers’ physical ability to work, new study finds
Physical work capacity (PWC) by latitude for global cropland for historical (1991-2010) and potential future (2041-2060 and 2081-2100 with SSP3-7.0 ...
Will 2024 be the year of full recovery for global tourism?
The United Nations World Tourism Organization issued an optimistic announcement on Friday, predicting a full recovery of global tourism in ...
Researchers warn of global threat to crops as insecticide resistance emerges in blue-green aphids
Blue-green aphid on leaf. Credit: Cesar Australia For the first time, Australian researchers have documented insecticide resistance in field-collected populations ...
Gloomy prospects for the global labor market in 2024
The International Labor Organization (ILO) warned in a recent sobering assessment of the global labor market of an imminent rise ...
Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of ...
Davos 2024: World leaders meet to address ongoing global crises
In a year based on expectations of overcoming the pandemic and energy shocks, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ...
