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The Soil Talks Back

07.05.2020
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
Learning to decipher this language might help grow better crops or increase production of plant-based drugs
hot water

How Hot Was the Ocean?

19.08.2019
Environment, Climate
Isotopes in iron oxides laid down two billion years ago hold clues to the conditions in which they were created
diatoms

Survival of the Fewest

08.08.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
  How do a handful of marine microorganisms live through a major crash?
Ice formation

Can an Antifreeze Protein also Promote Ice Formation?

14.03.2019
Chemistry, Climate
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both
Yatir station

Standing up to the Heat

10.01.2019
Plants and Agriculture, Climate
A new method of measuring how forests moderate the climate gets tested under extreme conditions
satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate
An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €...
Fragments of phytoplankton outer shell

In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

25.10.2018
Planetary Science, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate
When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below
Illustration: Trees in Africa

Dry but Fruitful: Semi-Arid Forests Could Offset Climate Change

29.01.2018
Environment, Environment, Plants and Agriculture, Climate
Planting trees in some surprising places could increase rainfall and lower atmospheric carbon
Google Earth map displaying storm tracks in the North Atlantic region

Off Track: How Storms Will Veer in a Warmer World

13.11.2017
Planetary Science, Climate
Weizmann Institute of Science research uncovers the internal mechanisms driving storms toward the poles
Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate
Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them? 

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