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Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
In a picture: 'Not enough people are aware of this monster' https://phys.org/news/2019-11-picture-people-aware-monster.html #Environment
In a picture: 'Not enough people are aware of this monster'

Professor Guillermo Rein, a fire scientist, tells Horizon why smouldering peatland fires are so dangerous and why we know so little about them.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
Evidence of cross-species filovirus transmission from bats to humans https://phys.org/news/2019-11-evidence-cross-species-filovirus-transmission-humans.html #Ecology
Evidence of cross-species filovirus transmission from bats to humans

Virus spillover—the transmission of viruses from one species to another—may be occurring between bats and humans in Nagaland, India, according to a new collaborative study by the National Centre of Biological Sciences (NCBS) in India, Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in the U.S.. The study published in the scientific journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, reaffirms the importance of virus surveillance at wildlife and human interfaces where the risk of virus spillover (transmission) may be highest.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
New Delhi schools shut because of toxic smog https://phys.org/news/2019-11-delhi-schools-toxic-smog.html #Environment
New Delhi schools shut because of toxic smog

An expert panel in India's capital has declared a health emergency due to air pollution choking the city, with authorities ordering schools closed until Nov. 5.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios https://phys.org/news/2019-11-rice-yields-plummet-arsenic-future.html #Environment
Rice yields plummet and arsenic rises in future climate-soil scenarios

Rice is the largest global staple crop, consumed by more than half the world's population—but new experiments from Stanford University suggest that with climate change, production in major rice-growing regions with endemic soil arsenic will undergo a dramatic decline and jeopardize critical food supplies.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
Online tool speeds response to elephant poaching by tracing ivory to source https://phys.org/news/2019-11-online-tool-response-elephant-poaching.html #Ecology
Online tool speeds response to elephant poaching by tracing ivory to source

A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were originally poached.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: watchdog https://phys.org/news/2019-11-energy-giants-output-paris-climate.html #Environment
Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: watchdog

The biggest listed oil and gas giants must slash production by more than a third by 2040 to keep emissions within targets laid out in the landmark Paris climate deal, an industry watchdog said Friday.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
More fires and evacuations in weary California https://phys.org/news/2019-11-evacuations-weary-california.html #Environment
More fires and evacuations in weary California

Firefighters battled several active wildfires on Thursday in California appearing to make headway against a number of major blazes that have forced mass evacuations and power cuts.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
The science of zombies: Will the undead rise? https://phys.org/news/2019-11-science-zombies-undead.html #Other
The science of zombies: Will the undead rise?

Hordes of brain-munching undead terrorizing neighborhoods make for fun television and movies, but zombies could never be real... or could they?

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
NASA gets infrared view of Atlantic Halloween subtropical storm https://phys.org/news/2019-11-nasa-infrared-view-atlantic-halloween.html #Environment
NASA gets infrared view of Atlantic Halloween subtropical storm

The latest addition to the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season developed quickly. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the eastern North Atlantic Ocean on Halloween and provided forecasters with an infrared view of Subtropical Storm Rebekah.

Phys.orgNov 1, 2019
A new ranavirus threatens US amphibian diversity https://phys.org/news/2019-11-ranavirus-threatens-amphibian-diversity.html #Ecology
A new ranavirus threatens US amphibian diversity

Kudzu and emerald ash borer are widely known examples of an invasive plant and an invasive insect, respectively, that cause harm to our native plants. Their impacts are obvious in our landscapes. Not so well known are the invasive pathogens that are quietly decimating small, little noticed but ecologically important amphibians.