Scientists are learning that diversity has many perks – whether in multispecies groups of animals or human society.
Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching Earth’s core. No one could survive that trip – and the 10,000-degree Fahrenheit heat once there would vaporize you anyway.
Everyone is feeling the heat these days – even species that develop underground.
A deadly neurological infection, chronic wasting disease, has been detected in deer, elk and moose in 30 states and four Canadian provinces. Human risk is low, but hunters need to take precautions.
UT researchers will team up with community members to map urban heat islands and collect the data necessary to protect disproportionately affected communities.
Growing native grasses as cattle forage is an example of working lands conservation, balancing human use of the land with conservation goals.
Using an A to F grading scale, Tennesseans will soon be able to the improvements made to the water quality of the state’s urban waterways.
UT professor is part of a team studying subterranean biodiversity associated with lava tubes in Hawaii.
Tornadoes in December aren’t unusual in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley states, but the December 10-11 outbreak was extreme and far-reaching.
There are so few wild ocelots in the US that the cats are becoming inbred, with a poor prognosis for their ultimate survival. But researchers are perfecting ways to get new genes into the population.
Permaculture is a way of doing agriculture that’s inspired by the resilience and biodiversity of healthy natural ecosystems.
The five communities join the 2021 cohort and together are home to more than 1 million people.