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published in the journal Frontiers in Water. “The recent drought in the Pantanal was caused by a meteorological phenomenon we call atmospheric blocking. A high-pressure area prevented the formation of rainclouds throughout the central-western portion of South America. Temperatures were very high and relative humidity very low,” José Marengo, a researcher at CEMADEN and principal investigator for the study, told Agência FAPESP. “Lack of rain combined with high temperatures and very low...

Space travel and its effects on the human body are not for the faint-hearted.

Labs Worldwide Still Struggling Amid Broken Supply Chains Countries outside the US and Europe that are already used to long wait times for laboratory supplies are facing greater research disruptions than ever during the pandemic. May 21, 2021 Virologist Shi-Hsia Hwa of the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, holds up a multiwell plate used for plasma neutralization assays. The critical item in COVID-19 research has recently run low in supply at labs around the world. Shi-...

GROTON, Conn. Our bodies respond to daily light-dark cycles to maintain our circadian rhythms: our internal clocks that tell us we should be awake during the day and asleep at night. Researchers at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) are investigating ways to maintain those rhythms in submariners, who cannot rely on natural sunlight or external environmental cues to stay on track. When we wake up, when we go to sleep, when we are hungry, when we fall into a daily afternoon s...

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks. The original article was published on February 17 2021 A woman farmer in Mozambique with DT maize harvest. Credit: CIMMYT IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) – 17 February – African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate chang...

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks. The original article was published on February 17 2021 A woman farmer in Mozambique with DT maize harvest. Credit: CIMMYT IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) – 17 February – African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate chang...

Traffic is starting to rebound, will look different post-pandemic By Sierra Fox As the pandemic begins to subside, traffic is starting to pick back up in the DC area. WASHINGTON - As the pandemic subsides, are you noticing traffic returning to normal where you live in the Metro D.C. Region with rush hours and congestion? We may be rounding a corner – literally – in our response to the coronavirus pandemic as restrictions are being lifted and more people are getting vaccinated. The Metropoli...

21 as well as lower empathy than shown by the victims. 22 Often adolescents who inflict violence on others do so because they themselves are suffering or have suffered from abuse or early abandonment, or whose behavior is derived from living in a conflictive setting within the family, or where peers negatively influence their behavior. Youths who develop in a violent setting show more stable aggressive traits and belief in the use of aggression. This, along with patterns of upbringing marked by...

Share Previous studies have shown how sleep disorders can raise the risk of traffic crashes, but they were in controlled environments, Edara noted. Our study goes a step further by using actual observed crash and near-crash data from approximately 2,000 events occurring in six U.S. states, the researcher explained. Other sleep conditions, such as insomnia and sleep apnea, also caused elevated risks of accidents  We’ve known for a while now that sleep disorders increase crash risk, but here w...

People who develop shift work sleep disorder are three times more likely to be involved in a vehicle accident, according to new research. People who work nontraditional work hours, such as 11 PM to 7 AM, are more likely to develop the chronic condition that disrupts their sleep. “This discovery has many major implications, including the need to identify engineering counter-measures to help prevent these crashes from happening,” says Praveen Edara, professor of civil and environmental engine...