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Seas rose in the southeastern US between 2011 and 2015 by more than six times the global average sea level rise that is already happening due to human-induced global warming, new research shows. The combined effects of El Niño (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), both of which are naturally occurring climate processes, drove this recent sea level rise hot spot, according to the study.
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the regulation of immune cells that play a pivotal role in allergic diseases such as asthma and eczema. They have identified a 'checkpoint' manned by these immune cells that, if barred, can halt the development of the lung inflammation associated with allergies.
Researchers have shown that increased levels of inflammatory markers during pregnancy can lead to changes in fetal brain development.
Key features linked to amelanotic melanoma, a form of skin cancer that lacks the brown or black color that stems from the pigment melanin, have been identified by a team of researchers.
One day, the immunotherapy could free patients from daily insulin injections.
The size of a tennis court, it will shield the vision of the biggest space telescope ever built.
A video tracks the behaviour of the protective atmospheric layer over Antarctica across all of 2016.
New images have been released of wildfires that continue to burn close to the Greenland ice sheet.