With CO2 doubling, predicted is a 1.9°C rise in GMST: Study
Updated: 2023-09-29 17:03:06
, : Skip to content Menu My journey as writer Contact About Air Quality Matters Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related Menu My journey as writer Contact About With CO2 doubling , predicted is a 1.9°C rise in GMST : Study September 29, 2023 September 29, 2023 Yay Yay For once I feel like a climate study is not predicting the absolute worse sic possible scenario , itâ s just predicting a serious and pressing one . Roy Spencer and Ron Christy published a paper entitled Effective climate sensitivity distributions from a 1D model of global ocean and land temperature trends , 1970â2021 Phys.org has a version in English In an effort to better understand the effect of CO2 on the atmosphere they looked at historical data of the past 50 years to model the relationship
: Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search A lethal parasiteâ s secret weapon : infecting non-immune cells September 29, 2023 Ohio State University The organisms that cause visceral  Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a disfiguring skin disease caused by Leishmania major parasites that affects up to 1.2 million people annually in the tropics , while L . donovani parasites cause the less common visceral leishmaniasis that attacks internal organs , affecting an estimated 100,000 people per year . Scientists have suspected L . donovani may stray beyond their immune cell hosts because they linger in the body , but those suspicions have been difficult to confirm with most conventional technologies because the number of infected
: Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Mouthwash for dogs : water additive with pomegranate helps to keep canine teeth healthy September 29, 2023 Frontiers In Periodontal disease is one of the most common canine diseases , affecting at least 80 of dogs aged three and over . Periodontal disease begins as gingivitis , where gums become red and inflamed , and may bleed . Untreated , the disease can progress to periodontitis , where the alveolar bone is progressively damaged so that teeth may loosen or fall out . In turn , periodontitis is a risk factor for other diseases like cardiovascular and lung . disease A major cause of periodontal disease is poor oral hygiene , which can lead to the build-up of plaque and tartar 
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Walking more than five flights of stairs a day can cut risk of heart disease by 20 study says September 29, 2023 Tulane University Forget walking 10,000 steps a day . Taking at least 50 steps climbing stairs each day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease , according to a new study from Tulane . University The study , published in Atherosclerosis found that climbing more than five flights of stairs daily could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by 20 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ASCVD along with coronary artery disease and stroke are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality . worldwide âShort bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Skin behind the ears and between the toes can host a collection of unhealthy microbes September 29, 2023 George Washington University Grandmother was right : Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy , or so says a new study by a team at the George Washington . University The microbiome , or the collection of microbes living on and in the human body , are known to play a role in human health and the skin is no different . A new study by a team at the George Washington University has shown that the composition of the skin microbiome varies across dry , moist and oily regions of the . skin Researchers at the GW Computational
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Innovative new shell revolutionizes oral delivery of probiotics September 29, 2023 Engineering Journal a Design rationale of the DPH b mechanism of intestine-targeted delivery . In a groundbreaking study , a research team led by Changhu Xue and Xiangzhao Mao from the Ocean University of China has developed a remarkable double-layer polysaccharide hydrogel DPH that promises to revolutionize the field of intestine-targeted oral delivery of probiotics . The teamâ s findings , published in Engineering demonstrate the potential of DPH to enhance the bioavailability , intestinal colonization , and overall effectiveness of probiotics in treating various . diseases The research teamâ
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Why are killer whales harassing and killing porpoises without eating them September 29, 2023 UC Davis A killer whale in the Salish Sea is observed harassing a porpoise , a behavior that has long perplexed scientists . A study from Wild Orca and UC Davis' SeaDoc Society investigate what may be behind it . For decades , fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming themâa perplexing behavior that has long intrigued . scientists A study published today in Marine Mammal Science co-led by Deborah Giles of Wild Orca  and Sarah Teman of the SeaDoc Society a program of the UC Davis School of
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study Identifies Genetic Drivers of Alzheimer’s Progression , Drug Targets September 29, 2023 MIT Alzheimerâ s disease affects more than 6 million people in the United States , and there are very few FDA-approved treatments that can slow the progression of the . disease In hopes of discovering new targets for potential Alzheimerâ s treatments , MIT researchers have performed the broadest analysis yet of the genomic , epigenomic , and transcriptomic changes that occur in every cell type in the brains of Alzheimerâ s . patients Using more than 2 million cells from more than 400 postmortem brain samples , the researchers analyzed how gene expression is disrupted as Alzheimerâ s
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Human ancestors challenged giant hyenas for carcasses in Prehistoric simulations September 29, 2023 Scientific Reports Hominins â the group that includes humans and our extinct relatives â may have been capable of competing with giant hyenas for carcasses abandoned by sabre-toothed cats and jaguars during the late-early Pleistocene era approximately 1.2 to 0.8 million years ago in southern Europe . The findings of this modelling study are published in Scientific Reports  and suggest that moderately sized groups of hominins may have been the most successful at . scavenging Previous research has theorised that the number of carcasses abandoned by sabre-toothed cats may have
Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, once put his mind to the subject of predicting colourful lizard scales – and we now know he was successful
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search How punk infrastructure paved the way for dance music September 28, 2023 Amsterdam University The pre-existing network of labels , record stores , venues and organisers related to the declining punk scene gave dance music a solid base from which to break through in the United Kingdom , and later in the . Netherlands In the United States , the cradle of house music , the lack of those important network relationships was the reason that dance only became popular years later . These were among the conclusions of Rens Wilderomâ s investigation into why house , techno and other dance genres became enormously popular in the UK and Netherlands in the late 1980s , but did not in the US .
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Compensation by healthy brain parts alleviates Parkinson symptoms September 28, 2023 Radboud University Pixabay In Parkinson’s disease , the cerebral cortex can take over tasks from a deeper part of the brain that has been damaged , where cells that make dopamine have been lost . The strength of compensation by the cerebral cortex determines how many symptoms people have . This is shown in a publication by Radboud university medical center Patients can stimulate this compensation through sports , for example , and thus slow down the disease . process It was already known that in Parkinson’s disease the cells in the brain that produce dopamine slowly disappear . This is why
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search When needs compete , love trumps thirst September 28, 2023 Cornell University Zebra finch While many studies have investigated the neuroscience behind how an animal learns to achieve a goal , such as obtaining water when thirsty , none have understood how animals choose between several competing needs â until . now A Cornell University-led study, published Sept . 27 in the journal Nature used advanced techniques developed by researchers to track the brainâ s dopamine reward system and found â for the first time Ââ this system flexibly retunes toward the most important goal when faced with multiple competing . needs In the study , when a lonely and thirsty male zebra
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Dietary fat as potential strategy to prevent brain aging September 28, 2023 Engineering Journal The process of brain aging is distinguished by a gradual deterioration in the functioning of neurons , which can be attributed to an imbalance in the cellular and molecular mechanisms governing synaptic plasticity . Synapses are enriched with various lipid species including phosphatidylcholine , phosphatidylethanolamine , phosphatidylserine , sphingolipids , and some other less abundant components . Those components are altered in aging brain , could affect brain functions , including structural development , nerve-impulse transmission , neurogenesis , synaptogenesis and myelin
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Exercise-mimicking drug sheds weight , boosts muscle activity in mice September 28, 2023 University of Florida A brand-new kind of drug , tested in mice , shows promising new results that could lead to the development of a new weight-loss drug that mimics . exercise The new compound , developed and tested by a University of Florida professor of pharmacy and his colleagues , leads obese mice to lose weight by convincing the bodyâ s muscles that they are exercising more than they really are , boosting the animalsâ . metabolism It also increases endurance , helping mice run nearly 50 further than they could before . All without the mice lifting a . paw The drug belongs to a class
Neuroscientist Camilla Nord, who has just published her first book The Balanced Brain, tells Liz Else why mental health science is increasingly about what works for individuals – from psychedelic therapy to exercise regimes
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