When sea ice melts, it can lead to faster warming because water absorbs more heat than ice does. That’s one of more than 25 climate feedback loops found in a recent study from Oregon State University.

When a human sustains a wound that pierces the skin, the process of blood clotting begins. The damaged cells release chemicals that activate platelets in the bloodstream. Not only do platelets begin ...

Developer Effectiveness can be optimized by identifying a series of feedback loops that represent the main tasks in engineering; these can be measured and streamlined. Feedback loops can be of ...

Risky feedback loops that are accelerating global climate change may not be fully accounted for in current climate models, according to a recent study published in the scientific journal One Earth. A ...

The first part of this series introduced the systems-theory concept of positive feedback as a powerful force in recovery—as it is in the rest of life. Once we’ve identified the basic dynamical ...

It’s hard to escape the reality that the world is not doing well in responding to climate change. According to the most recent United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, global ...

It’s easy to dwell on the difficulty and pain of recovery from an eating disorder. But it’s important to attend to the beauty of it too. One of the forms of beauty involved in restoring yourself to ...

Since the end of 2023, the U.S. Navy has been battling missiles and drones fired from Yemen in the Red Sea. With the importance of autonomous ammunition increasing in naval conflicts, the military ...