Climate change plans ‘fail to tackle invasive species’

Climate change plans ‘fail to tackle invasive species’

[ad_1] [NAIROBI] Countries are making little effort to link climate change adaptation plans with invasive species management, a study says, despite the potential financial benefits of doing so. Climate change facilitates the spread and establishment of many invasive alien species — animals, plants or other organisms that are introduced into places outside their natural range…

Let’s learn about citizen science

Let’s learn about citizen science

[ad_1] bug: The slang term for an insect. Sometimes it’s even used to refer to a germ. (in computing) Slang term for a glitch in computer code, the instructions that direct the operations of a computer. citizen science: Scientific research in which the public — people of all ages and abilities — participate. The data that…

Mysterious death of carbon star

Mysterious death of carbon star

[ad_1] Scientists have observed the mysterious death of a carbon-rich star, which was characterized by the mass ejection of matter into space. Scientists have witnessed a carbon star’s mysterious death throes in unprecedented detail. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the team discovered six slowly-expanding rings and…

What is climate change? | Live Science

What is climate change? | Live Science

[ad_1] Climate change is any long-term alteration in average weather patterns, either globally or regionally. Climate change has occurred many times in Earth’s history, and for many different reasons. The changes in global temperature and weather patterns seen today, however, are caused by human activity. And they’re happening much faster than the natural climate variations…

“Lucky” Images Reveal Dusty Debris in a Star System 330 Light-years Away – Sky & Telescope

“Lucky” Images Reveal Dusty Debris in a Star System 330 Light-years Away – Sky & Telescope

[ad_1] This illustration shows what a debris cloud around the young star called HD 166191 might look like up close.NASA / JPL-Caltech Even though planetary evolution happened in our solar system’s distant past, we can still see protoplanets forming around young stars today. But understanding what’s happening is difficult because the action happens too far…