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Who are the young S’poreans heading to COP28, and what are some key things to watch?
SINGAPORE – Just days before the start of the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai, heavy rain and thunderstorms flooded parts of the desert city for the first time. Coming on the back of a series of extreme weather events that have surfaced in 2023 – from heatwaves in Brazil to flash floods in…
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A snapshot of 2023
As we close volume 5 of Nature Reviews Physics, here are some highlights of the past year. A Nature Reviews journal is more than a collection of high-quality review and commentary articles: we strive to provide context and highlight important topics for our community. Here are some of the themes from this year. Artificial intelligence.…
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How language can be a path away from neo-colonialism in geoscience
Dismantling oppressive colonial structures and challenging institutionalized racism are vital actions needed to preserve the integrity of future research. This stems from the deep-seated framework in which research, including geoscience, is conducted: colonialism and colonial thinking1. This thinking regards places like Africa, Asia and South America as vast, homogenous, un- or sparsely inhabited, so-called ‘terra…
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Why the geosciences are becoming increasingly vital to the interpretation of the human evolutionary record
Abstract Advanced geoscience techniques are essential to contextualize fossils, artefacts and other archaeologically important material accurately and effectively. Their appropriate use will increase confidence in new interpretations of the fossil and archaeological record, providing important information about the life and depositional history of these materials and so should form an integral component of all human…
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Gary Siddall will take reins as president & CEO of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
Gary Siddall (Submitted photo) Thu, Nov 30th 2023 07:55 pm Committee to be formed by Aquarium of Niagara to search for new leader The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (BSNS) board of managers on Thursday announced the appointment of Gary Siddall as president and CEO. Siddall, who is currently president and CEO of Aquarium of…
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Interference in science: scientists’ perspectives on their ability to communicate and conduct environmental research in Canada
Research instruments Consent form CONSENT FORM [REB #2021-5630 v1.0. Approved June 23, 2021] Who is conducting this study? This research study is being conducted by Manjulika E. Robertson (MES Candidate) and Dr. Alana Westwood (Assistant Professor) at the School of Resource and Environment Studies at Dalhousie University. The research is primarily funded by Dalhousie University…
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Psychological inoculation strategies to fight climate disinformation across 12 countries
Abstract Decades after the scientific debate about the anthropogenic causes of climate change was settled, climate disinformation still challenges the scientific evidence in public discourse. Here we present a comprehensive theoretical framework of (anti)science belief formation and updating to account for the psychological factors that influence the acceptance or rejection of scientific messages. We experimentally…
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Author Correction: Thymic mimetic cells function beyond self-tolerance
Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06512-8 Published online 6 September 2023 After publication of this article, we noted that the IgM–/– mouse strain used in experiments reported in Fig. 4j and Extended data Fig. 7l was incorrectly referenced in the Methods. The IgM–/– mouse strain purchased from The Jackson Laboratory and used in our study was 002288…
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Seropositivity of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Germany—an analysis across four German National Cohort (NAKO) study sites
Abstract Lyme borreliosis (LB) is caused by the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from ticks to humans. Climate affects tick abundance, and climate change is projected to promote shifts in abundance in Europe, potentially increasing human exposure. We analyzed serum samples collected between the years 2014–2019 from German National Cohort (NAKO) participants at four study…
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Cryovacuum setup for optical studies of astrophysical ice
Abstract This paper presents a cryovacuum setup for the study of substances under near-space conditions. The setup makes it possible to study the infrared spectra, refractive index, and density of substances that are condensed from the vapor phase onto a cooled substrate in the temperature range from 11 to 300 K. At the same time, it…