Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients from seafood due to climate change
Updated: 2023-10-31 19:03:29
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Low-income countries could lose 30 of nutrients from seafood due to climate change October 31, 2023 University of British Columbia The nutrients available from seafood could drop by 30 per cent for low-income countries by the end of the century due to climate change , suggests new UBC . research Thatâ s in a high carbon emissions and low mitigation scenario , according to the study published today in Nature Climate Change This could be reduced to a roughly 10 per cent decline if the world were to meet the Paris Agreement targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius â which recent reports have shown weâ re not on track to . achieve âLow-income countries
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer October 31, 2023 University of British Columbia A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels , common among patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes , and pancreatic . cancer The study , published in Cell Metabolism provides the first detailed explanation of why people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer . The research demonstrates that excessive insulin levels overstimulate pancreatic acinar cells , which produce digestive juices . This overstimulation leads to inflammation that
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search For the sunflower , turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems October 31, 2023 PLOS ONE A sunflowerâ s ability to track the sun east to west during the day , and to face east again before the next sunrise , relies on multiple types of photoresponses , according to a new study publishing October 31 st  in the open access journal PLOS Biology  by Stacey Harmer and colleagues at the University of California Davis , US . The results deepen the understanding of this well-known plant behavior , and upend previous assumptions about its dependence on a canonical light-dependent response . pathway Because plants are rooted in place , they canâ t get up and move when
Researchers recently identified the chemical source of marijuana's distinctive scent. The finding could help lead to less pungent pot or strains with new flavours
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Researchers document the power of ghostly encounters’ on organizations October 30, 2023 Brigham Young University Organizational ghosts can have a major influence on how companies operate . Brigham Young University researcher Jeff Bednar is now a part-time ghost hunter . And while the business professor doesnâ t have night vision cameras or ultrasensitive recording equipment , heâ s found a bunch of ghosts â including several on his own . campus The ghosts Bednar and University of Illinois colleague Jacob Brown are hunting sound similar to the ghosts youâ ve heard of â they linger long after theyâ ve left this life and hover over their previous haunts â but theyâ re not
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study uncovers hundred-year lifespans for three freshwater fish species in the Arizona desert October 30, 2023 ScienceBlog.com A century-old buffalofish from Apache Lake , Arizona . A recent study found some of the oldest animals in the world living in a place you wouldnâ t expect : fishes in the Arizona desert . Researchers found the second genus of animal ever for which three or more species have known lifespans greater than 100 years , which could open the doors to aging studies across disciplines , such as gerontology and senescence aging among . vertebrates The study centers around a series of fish species within the Ictiobus  genus , known as buffalofishes . Minnesota
Skip to content Menu Humansâ family tree revealed by ancient proteins October 30, 2023 by Horizon Magazine Humankindâ s genetic links to long-extinct relatives are being mapped in a rapidly expanding research field called . palaeoproteomics By  Michael Allen They are a fixture of almost every novelty T-shirt shop : humorous pictorials of human evolution , five figures in silhouette â from ape to human â usually with the last replaced by a skateboarder , Darth Vader or maybe even a . barcode Whatever these fashion statements say about peopleâ s sense of humour , they reveal a fascination with human . evolution Protein power Now , researchers are on the cusp of acquiring much more knowledge about humankindâ s family tree . And itâ s all down to . proteins Analysing the proteins in
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Extreme heat projected to increase cardiovascular deaths October 30, 2023 U.S . National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat  are expected to increase between 2036 and 2065 in the United States , according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health . The researchers , whose work is published in Circulation predict that adults ages 65 and older and Black adults will likely be disproportionately . affected While extreme heat currently accounts for less than 1 of cardiovascular-related deaths , the modeling analysis predicted this will change because of a projected rise in summer days that feel at least 90 degrees . This heat
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate October 30, 2023 Frontiers In From a painting on the wall to a photo on your phone , selfies have always been a form of communication . But what are we trying to communicate with them and how are we doing it To develop semantic profiles of this visual language , scientists asked people to look at a thousand selfies and describe their first . impressions People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries â and digital cameras make it easier to share a self-portrait than ever before . But even though selfies are now almost ubiquitous , we donâ t understand how people use
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Killer whalesâ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure October 30, 2023 McGill University Both elegant and fierce , killer whales are some of the oceansâ top predators , but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution . Now , in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales , researchers in the American Chemical Societyâ  Environmental Science Technology  report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individualsâ blubber . The animalsâ diet , rather than location , greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks â information thatâ s helpful to conservation . efforts As the largest member of the dolphin
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Want to achieve your goals Get angry October 30, 2023 American Psychological Association While often perceived as a negative emotion , anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives , according to research published by the American Psychological . Association âPeople often believe that a state of happiness is ideal , and the majority of people consider the pursuit of happiness a major life goal,â said lead author Heather Lench , PhD , a professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A M University . âThe view that positive emotion is ideal for mental health and well-being has been prominent in lay and
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Cold War spy satellite imagery reveals Ancient Roman forts October 29, 2023 Dartmouth College CORONA images showing major sites : A Sura NASA1401 B Resafa NASA1398 and C Ain Sinu CRN999 Two-thousand years ago , forts were constructed by the Roman Empire across the northern Fertile Crescent , spanning from what is now western Syria to northwestern . Iraq In the 1920s , 116 forts were documented in the region by Father Antoine Poidebard , who conducted one of the world’s first aerial surveys using a WWI-era biplane . Poidebard reported that the forts were constructed from north to south to establish an eastern boundary of the Roman . Empire A new Dartmouth study analyzing
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search NASA rocket to see sizzling edge of star-forming supernova October 29, 2023 NASA JPL This image taken by NASAâ s Hubble Space Telescope shows part of the Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop . To create this colorful image , observations were taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument using five different filters . New post-processing methods have further enhanced details of emissions from doubly ionized oxygen shown here in shades of blue ionized hydrogen , and ionized nitrogen shown here in shades of red A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how explosive stellar deaths lay the groundwork for new star systems . The Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to citiesâ decay October 29, 2023 University of Notre Dame Yong Suk Lee More than two-thirds of the worldâ s population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations . As urbanization advances around the globe , researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University said the quality of the urban physical environment will become increasingly critical to human well-being and to sustainable development . initiatives However , measuring and tracking the quality of an urban environment , its evolution and its spatial disparities is difficult due to the amount of on-the-ground data needed to capture
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Metformin can help youth manage weight gain side effect of bipolar medications October 29, 2023 University of Cincinnati A new large-scale study led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Northwell Health , New York’s largest health care provider , found the drug metformin can help prevent or reduce weight gain in youth taking medication to treat bipolar . disorder The collaborative team presented its findings during a symposium at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry conference in New York City Oct . 27. Weight gain side effect Medications to treat bipolar disorder , known as second-generation antipsychotics SGAs are often effective at helping young
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Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Mammalian cells may consume bacteria-killing viruses to promote cellular health October 27, 2023 PLOS ONE Bacteriophage particle interacting with mammalian cells . Bacteriophages , also called phages , are viruses that infect and kill bacteria , their natural hosts . But from a macromolecular viewpoint , phages can be viewed as nutritionally enriched packets of nucleotides wrapped in an amino acid shell . A study published October 26 th  in the open access journal PLOS Biology  by Jeremy J . Barr at Monash University , Victoria , Australia , and colleagues suggests that mammalian cells internalize phages as a resource to promote cellular growth and . survival Phage
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Excess fluoride linked to cognitive impairment in children October 27, 2023 Tulane University Long-term consumption of water with fluoride levels far above established drinking water standards may be linked to cognitive impairments in children , according to a new pilot study from Tulane . University The study , published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology was conducted in rural Ethiopia where farming communities use wells with varying levels of naturally occurring fluoride ranging from 0.4 to 15.5 mg L . The World Health Organization recommends fluoride levels below 1.5 mg . L Researchers recruited 74 school-aged children and rated their ability to draw familiar
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