Nature : Science World Report

May 04, 2015 07:20 AM EDT

One in Six Species May Become Extinct by 2100 Due to Climate Change

A total of one in six species may become extinct by 2100. Scientists have found for every degree that global temperatures rise, more species will become extinct.

May 04, 2015 06:58 AM EDT

Major, Global Decline of Large Herbivores May Leads to an 'Empty Landscape'

The decline of the world's large herbivores, especially in Africa and parts of Asia, may cause an "empty landscape" in some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet in the future.

May 01, 2015 08:14 AM EDT

England May Experience 13-Fold increase in Record-Breaking Warm Years

Scientists have discovered that the likelihood of record-breaking warm years in England may substantially increase due to human-caused climate change.

May 01, 2015 08:01 AM EDT

NASA Data Reveals How Climate Change Impacts Arctic Marine Mammals

Scientists have looked at 11 species of marine mammals who depend on Arctic sea ice to live, feed and breed and have examined how their habitat will evolve in a warming world.

May 01, 2015 07:16 AM EDT

Tropical Marine Ecosystems are Most at Risk from Human Impacts

Scientists have used the fossil record during the past 23 million years to predict which marine animals and ecosystems are at greatest risk of extinction from human impact.

May 01, 2015 06:46 AM EDT

Wild, Bearded Monkey Changes the Force of Its Hammer Strikes When Cracking Nuts

When it comes to cracking nuts, monkeys have it down. Scientists have found that wild bearded capuchin monkeys use tools in order to crack open nuts for food.

May 01, 2015 06:35 AM EDT

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Sparked the Largest Lava Flows on Earth

It turns out that the asteroid that slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang our planet like a bell. The results were massive volcanic eruptions around the globe.

May 01, 2015 06:16 AM EDT

Antarctica's Ice Sheet is Melting Faster Than Ever,

Researchers have "weighed" Antarctica's ice sheet using gravitational satellite data and have found that during the past decade, Antarctica's ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east.

May 01, 2015 06:01 AM EDT

Bat Wing Super Sensors Allow Them to Fly with Breathtaking Precision

Scientists have learned a bit more about how bats fly-and it all has to do with their sense of touch.

Apr 30, 2015 10:37 AM EDT

Massive 'Dead Zones' Discovered Moving West in North Atlantic Waters

Dead zones may be coming to the coast. A team of researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen in the tropical North Atlantic, only a few hundred kilometers off the coast of West Africa.

Apr 30, 2015 09:52 AM EDT