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Warm seas scatter fish
6:53pm, 28th February, 2019

Warm seas scatter fish

(University of California - Santa Barbara) Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world's population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on fisheries. But climate change is beginning to disrupt the complex, i...
NASA finds a hint of an eye in Tropical Cyclone Pola
2:40pm, 28th February, 2019

NASA finds a hint of an eye in Tropical Cyclone Pola

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the hint of an eye developing in the center of Tropical Cyclone Pola. Warnings in the Southern Pacific Ocean have been posted for Tonga.
New research suggests earlier emergence of malaria in Africa
12:15pm, 28th February, 2019

New research suggests earlier emergence of malaria in Africa

(Institut Pasteur) After carrying out extensive research into the βS mutation by performing full sequencing of the HBB gene together with a large-scale genomic study on 479 individuals from 13 populations from Sub-Saharan Africa, scientists were able...
Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data
11:09am, 28th February, 2019

Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data

(University of Waterloo) Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance leaving them exposed to significant financial risk. A recent study from the University of Waterloo found flood mapping infor...