Losing Ground: Climate Change Is Altering the Rules of Ecosystem Hierarchy

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January 05, 2021

Biology Losing Ground: Climate Change Is Altering the Rules of Ecosystem Hierarchy Sea-level rise is letting a tiny crab drastically alter marsh landscapes By Stephenie Livingston

Climate Cities Face Withering Heat under Worst Warming Scenarios Temperatures could rise by more than 4 degrees Celsius by 2100 in some cities around the world By Kylie Mohr,E&E News

Conservation Exotic Animal Cafes Featuring Otters, Lizards and Owls Raise Alarms The business of these cafés is growing, which could boost the illegal wildlife trade and have negative implications for wild animal populations By Danielle Beurteaux

Engineering Explosive Charges Protect Backcountry Skiers Controlled avalanches are a major safety effort during a year of outdoor activities By Lou Dzierzak

Cognition When Our Gaze Is a Physical Force Research documents a strange illusion By Robert Martone

Physics New Views of Quantum Jumps Challenge Core Tenets of Physics One of the most basic processes in all of nature—a subatomic particle’s transition between discrete energy states—is surprisingly complex and sometimes predictable, recent work shows By Eleni Petrakou

Public Health The Problem of 'Long Haul' COVID More and more patients are dealing with major symptoms that linger for months By Carolyn Barber

Environment We Need a Paris Agreement for Plastics They’re flowing into the natural environment every day at an unprecedented rate By Dave Ford

Public Health Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated President Trump and other conspiracy fantasists touted the fake claim that COVID death counts are exaggerated. But three kinds of evidence point to more than 350,000 deaths* By Christie Aschwanden

Environment A Breakdown of Beavers Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb talks about his book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter.   By Steve Mirsky | 40:42

Arts & Culture How the Coronavirus Pandemic Shaped Our Language in 2020 Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists utilizing terms such as “superspreader” and “asymptomatic.” Christopher Intagliata reports. By Christopher Intagliata | 02:12

Public Health The Immune Havoc of COVID-19 The virus flourishes by undermining the body’s chemical defense system By Akiko Iwasaki,Patrick Wong

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