Overcrowding increases tree mortality, perhaps explaining higher biodiversity in tropical forests phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mathematicians simulate origin and evolution of biodiversity phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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What does intellectual bankruptcy often look like? Trying to switch topics by going ad hominem, that s what. When somebody stops thinking and begins flinging irrelevant insults, threats and accusations at a person, we re seeing a crisply humiliating admission: I have nothing. Going broke isn t free. In the case of climate science it s climate scientists who bear costs. Global Witness quantifies this, finding that some 50% of climate scientists have found themselves on the receiving end of vitriol hurled by (surrendering, let s remember) abusers in various online venues. Being outsmarted by a woman seems to be particularly enraging for losers, or so disproportionate statistics of degenerate behaviors suggest. The entire sorry and shaming report is available as a PDF: Global Hating. From this week s collection of government and NGO reports.
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A panel of scientists convened by the United Nations has published a report on the impact that climate change has had, is having and will have on the planet, including on the natural world and human civilization. The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that nearly half the world s population already faces significant risk from global warming.