Call of the wild
AI-enhanced audio monitoring shows where monkeys won’t go
By monitoring the calls of spider monkeys, researchers have shown what level of human activity they will tolerate, helping guide conservation.
Stories tagged with 'Global challenges Natural world'
Forests in forests
Soils forming on the branches of trees are an overlooked forest habitat
A study on ‘canopy soils’ on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon stores that cannot easily be replaced.
Molecular movements
Making molecules dance to our tune reveals what drives their first movements
Bringing ultrafast physics to structural biology has revealed the dance of molecular ‘coherence’ in unprecedented clarity.
Project EARTH
Imperial researcher awarded £1m for magma-mapping project
Project EARTH will map magma and assess the risk of solar storms on energy supply.
Star power
Retired stars still have a role to play in planet formation
Old stars roaming through new star-forming regions could be responsible for a radioactive heat source thought to be important for young planets.
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IPCC Chair
UK nominates Professor Jim Skea for top climate science position
Professor Jim Skea, Professor in Sustainable Energy at Imperial, has been elected as the next Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Effective forests
How forests can become more effective ‘natural climate solutions’
To be more effective, projects that use forests to remove carbon dioxide from the air need to improve stakeholders’ confidence in their viability.
Same-sex study
Study shows same-sex behaviour is widespread and heritable in macaque monkeys
Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behaviour among males is widespread and may be beneficial.
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Bat watch
Monitoring British bats can help identify coronaviruses with pathogen potential
Researchers who found novel coronaviruses in UK bats say genetic surveys of the viruses should be regularly conducted.
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Super solar speeds
Origin of superfast solar wind found by spacecraft flying close to the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe has flown close enough to the surface of the Sun to detect the fine structure of the solar wind close to where it is generated.
