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One-meter rise in sea levels inevitable, NASA says

Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

We don't know whether it will happen within a century or somewhat longer, but the rise will have a 'profound impact' around the world.

Micro-sensors stuck to honey bees to help solve mass deaths

Posted in Featured, Science on 25th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists use micro-sensors attached to honey bees as part of a global push to understand the key factors driving a worldwide population decline of the pollinators.

Research shows that honey bees can rapidly evolve to overcome new disease

Posted in Science on 22nd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Some good news for the struggling honeybee, and the millions of people who depend on them to pollinate crops.

Poll launched to find the UK's favourite insect

Posted in Featured, Science on 3rd Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

The small tortoiseshell butterfly is in the shortlist of 10 insects selected by the Royal Society of Biology.

Ocean warming due to climate change is unstoppable

Posted in Featured, Science on 17th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller

Seas will continue to warm for centuries even if manmade greenhouse gas emissions were frozen at todays levels, say scientists.