Rapid warming could cause a major Atlantic Ocean current system to collapse, even at temperatures it could withstand under slower warming. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, carries warm water from the tropics northward, redistributing heat around the planet and helping keep Western Europe relatively mild. New research suggests that warming could push this […]
Your Blood May Predict How Well a Vaccine Will Work
Hidden antibody patterns in your blood may reveal how well your immune system will respond to a vaccine before you get the shot. Before someone receives a COVID-19 vaccine, their blood may already offer clues to how strongly their immune system will respond. Some of those clues come from antibodies against other microbes, rather than […]
Your Blood May Predict How Well a Vaccine Will Work
Hidden antibody patterns in your blood may reveal how well your immune system will respond to a vaccine before you get the shot. Before someone receives a COVID-19 vaccine, their blood may already offer clues to how strongly their immune system will respond. Some of those clues come from antibodies against other microbes, rather than […]
Your Blood May Predict How Well a Vaccine Will Work
Hidden antibody patterns in your blood may reveal how well your immune system will respond to a vaccine before you get the shot. Before someone receives a COVID-19 vaccine, their blood may already offer clues to how strongly their immune system will respond. Some of those clues come from antibodies against other microbes, rather than […]
Scientists Find a Berry Compound That Helps Muscle Cells Burn Fat
Pterostilbene, a compound found naturally in some foods, affects how skeletal muscles process fats by stabilizing a protein called PPARδ and increasing its signaling activity. Pterostilbene, a natural compound found in blueberries, grapes, and other berries, may help muscle cells clear excess fat by protecting a protein that regulates how they use it. Researchers in […]
The Indian and Pacific Oceans Are Falling Out of Sync
For centuries, climate changes in the Indian Ocean closely followed the Pacific, but that relationship is now weakening. Over the past 400 years, climate conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean generally changed along with those in the Pacific. In other words, shifts in Pacific climate have historically had a strong influence on what happens in […]
The Indian and Pacific Oceans Are Falling Out of Sync
For centuries, climate changes in the Indian Ocean closely followed the Pacific, but that relationship is now weakening. Over the past 400 years, climate conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean generally changed along with those in the Pacific. In other words, shifts in Pacific climate have historically had a strong influence on what happens in […]
The Indian and Pacific Oceans Are Falling Out of Sync
For centuries, climate changes in the Indian Ocean closely followed the Pacific, but that relationship is now weakening. Over the past 400 years, climate conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean generally changed along with those in the Pacific. In other words, shifts in Pacific climate have historically had a strong influence on what happens in […]
The Indian and Pacific Oceans Are Falling Out of Sync
For centuries, climate changes in the Indian Ocean closely followed the Pacific, but that relationship is now weakening. Over the past 400 years, climate conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean generally changed along with those in the Pacific. In other words, shifts in Pacific climate have historically had a strong influence on what happens in […]
The Indian and Pacific Oceans Are Falling Out of Sync
For centuries, climate changes in the Indian Ocean closely followed the Pacific, but that relationship is now weakening. Over the past 400 years, climate conditions in the tropical Indian Ocean generally changed along with those in the Pacific. In other words, shifts in Pacific climate have historically had a strong influence on what happens in […]