As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts
WEBAug 21, 2023 · Physical changes to the ecosystem, such as the placement of turbine foundations and scour protection, are some of the more obvious impacts of offshore wind turbines. But wind farms might elicit more subtle changes in local weather, affecting wind patterns and water currents, which models predict could reverberate through the food chain.
For Some Survivors, Polio Casts a Long Shadow - Undark Magazine
WEBJan 2, 2023 · Decades after the vaccine, adults with post-polio syndrome are struggling with symptoms — and looking for answers.
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Wanted: Dead Birds and Bats, Felled by Renewables - Undark …
WEBJan 23, 2023 · But renewable energy is growing rapidly, and researchers are trying to determine how that continued growth might affect wildlife. Bats seem attracted to spinning wind turbines, sometimes being struck by the blades while attempting to roost in the towers. Birds sometimes swoop down and crash into photovoltaic solar panels — …
The Scramble to Defuse the ‘Feral Swine Bomb’ - Undark Magazine
WEBSep 14, 2020 · Canada doesn’t have comparable data, but Ryan Brook, a University of Saskatchewan biologist who researches wild pigs, predicts that they will occupy 386,000 square miles across the country by the end of 2020, and they’re currently expanding at about 35,000 square miles a year. “I’ve heard it referred to as a feral swine bomb,” says ...
Breathing Life Into the Corpse Flower - Undark Magazine
WEBJan 11, 2021 · The alien-like blooms and putrid stench of Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the corpse flower, draw big crowds and media coverage to botanical gardens each year. In 2015, for instance, around 75,000 people visited the Chicago Botanic Garden to see one of their corpse flowers bloom. More than 300,000 people viewed it online.
The Contested World of Classifying Life on Earth - Undark Magazine
WEBApr 2, 2024 · For centuries, taxonomists have cataloged every living thing they could find. Expeditions have traveled the globe, searching for unknown species; museums and universities maintain entire departments devoted to classifying specimens. But there exists no single, unified list of all the species on Earth. The lack of consistency in taxonomy has always bothered Stephen Garnett. Every 10 years, the ...
Wood-burning Stoves Raise New Health Concerns - Undark …
WEBMar 2, 2022 · But woodsmoke also contains carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, carcinogenic compounds like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, and volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Depending on what’s being burned, wood stoves and fireplaces may even spit out toxic metals like mercury and arsenic. The health effects of both short- and long-term ...
Long Division: The Persistence of Race Science
WEBDec 12, 2022 · LONG DIVISION is an ongoing journalistic project by Undark Magazine, published by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, that examines the fraught legacy of race science. The multipart series, supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, grew out of a workshop held in June 2022 at …
Evidence and Orthodontics: Does Your Child Really Need Braces?
WEBJul 20, 2020 · Some orthodontists who question their field’s claims about oral health do continue to treat patients. As they see it, clear communication of evidence — or lack thereof — is key. “If you tell a lay person” that a child has “mandibular hypoplasia, or maxillary deficiency, or adenoidal facies — it sounds bad,” said Vig.