Butterfly on Deer Mountain, Colorado. Photo by Michelle So, Contributing Photographer “Unfortunately, our first global assessment of butterfly diversity and threats finds that butterflies’ fascinating ...

Polyommatus icarus, also known as a common blue butterfly. Credit: Stefan Pinkert. Mountaintops host some of the world’s most diverse butterfly species, but climate change could transform these ...

New warnings of a 'Butterfly Effect' -- in reverse Date: March 31, 2025 Source: Yale University Summary: A new study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on butterflies ...

Until now, a global assessment of the geographic coincidence of diversity, rarity, and climate change threats for an insect system did not exist. The new assessment reveals that patterns in butterfly ...

Millions of western monarchs used to return to coastal California every year, but the population has plummeted in recent decades, and fewer than 2,000 butterflies were counted in California in ...

They are unaccountable to voters but, at the same time, they do keep the international system functioning. And there are limits to their power - a point which Bilderberg chairman was keen to stress, ...

Under the Paris Agreement, world leaders vowed to hold global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, and preferably closer to 1.5 degrees Celsius, to limit the risks from climate catastrophes.

The researchers found that among people with vs without schizophrenia spectrum disorders, Global Assessment of Functioning scores were lower (mean, 44.8 ± 2.0 vs 77.2 ± 0.5), ...

Scores on the GAF range from 0-100 with each number describing a higher functioning level. A score of 100 is described in the assessment's anchors as a "Superior functioning in a wide range of ...

Examples of ecological studies of the biosphere include biogeography at the global level and global climate change. Ecology Practices (EP) This list of practices elucidates the basic components ...