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#1340192022-04-12
A new network to improve biosecurity in livestock
Health, welfare, safety and sustainability are crucial elements for ensuring the future of livestock production. Biosecurity aims to prevent the introduction and spread of pathogens within and between farms and, consequently, results in better welfare, increased food safety and better sustainabi ...
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#1339652022-04-11
10 Women Scientists Leading the Fight Against the Climate Crisis
Climate change is an issue that affects everyone on the planet but women and girls are the ones suffering its effects the most. Why? Because women and girls have less access to quality education and later, job opportunities. These structural disadvantages keep them in poverty. In fact, women mak ...
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#1339712022-04-11
In soil, death doesn't stop the spread of antibiotic resistance
Dead bacteria can still make their presence felt in the land of the living. New research led by Michigan State University integrative biologists is showing that this could have big implications for antibiotic resistance on farms.
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#1339722022-04-11
Unwinding the secrets of stress in plants could help feed the world during climate crisis
New research from Royal Holloway has discovered how natural responses to stress in plants modify the way DNA is wrapped up in the cell to help it withstand the adverse effects that climate change has on its growth.
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#1339732022-04-11
Mechanosensory system found on insect wings could inform future wing designs
Researchers studying dragonflies have put together the most complete description of an insect wing sensory system ever recorded.
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#1339742022-04-11
Scientists develop a plan to manage lionfish populations in the Mediterranean
Scientists have published a series of recommendations to enable communities and managers to minimize the impact of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea.
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#1339752022-04-11
Protecting biodiversity by creating a dark infrastructure
An international research team with the participation of the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) advocates the worldwide development of a dark infrastructure.
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#1339762022-04-11
Spruce trees' reconquest of Sweden after the last Ice Age took 10,000 years
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the species became widespread.
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#1339772022-04-11
Dengue-blocking mosquitoes here to stay
Dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases remain a massive threat to human health and well-being. Urbanization and climate change are likely to increase this threat as established mosquitoes spread to new environments and gain a foothold.
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#1339792022-04-11
Using drones to study forest canopy in UNESCO world heritage site
Old-growth forests provide windows into the history of both landscapes and climate. Furthermore, as the pressures of climate change and biodiversity loss amplify, studying and monitoring old-growth forests becomes increasingly important.
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#1339802022-04-11
Extinct or just missing? The curious case of the native blue-grey mouse
From all accounts, Australia's blue-gray mouse was a charming little creature. The famous British zoologist Oldfield Thomas of London's Natural History Museum first described the species in 1910 and named it Pseudomys glaucus.
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#1339812022-04-11
The discovery of two giant dinosaur species solves the mystery of missing apex predators in North America and Asia
The top predator of the Jurassic and Cretaceous landscapes was usually a species of meat-eating dinosaur. These predators walked on two legs, had powerful jaws lined with sharp teeth and included species from groups known as tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and carcharodontosaurs.
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#1339832022-04-11
A new method of extracting ancient DNA from tiny bones reveals the hidden evolutionary history of New Zealand geckos
Aoteaora New Zealand has experienced a dynamic geological and climatic history. There was the separation from the southern super-continent Gondwana, the near drowning during the Oligocene some 27–22 million years ago, and the dramatic changes wrought by ice ages during the Pleistocene which star ...
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#1339842022-04-11
Great white sharks occasionally hunt in pairs—studying the social behavior of these mysterious predators
Sitting anchored to the rocky reef 70 feet (21 meters) below the surface of the ocean, hundreds of scalloped hammerhead sharks swam above me in unison, moving as if one.
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#1339852022-04-11
Global heat extremes on the rise, study finds
Temperature extremes with altered characteristics are among the most threatening impacts of global warming. However, how their characteristics have changed is uncertain, and varies by region.
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#1339882022-04-11
Are we part of nature, or separate from it? How you answer matters
Think about a river. Now, imagine that river is one you know. Maybe it's near your home, or perhaps it's in a place you've visited.
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#1339892022-04-11
Study sheds new light on the origin of civilization
New research from the University of Warwick, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Reichman University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical soci ...
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#1339902022-04-11
Simulating the possible ways global warming could impact landslides in the Austrian Alps
A team of researchers from Austria, Germany, Italy and the UK has created simulations aimed at showing possible landslide scenarios in the Austrian Alps in the coming years as global warming leads to changes in the weather there. Their paper has been published in the journal Communications Earth ...
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#1339272022-04-06
Protected Tropical Forest Sees Major Bird Declines Over 40 Years — ScienceDaily
Deep in a Panamanian rain forest, bird populations have been quietly declining for 44 years. A new University of Illinois-led study shows a whopping 70% of understory bird species declined in the forest between 1977 and 2020. And the vast majority of those are down by half or more.
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#1339282022-04-06
GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks
A recent study shows that genetically modified zebrafish, known as GloFish, have been found and are breeding in creeks in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.
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#1339342022-04-06
The microbiologist working to understand how oceans absorb carbon dioxide
Qiang Zheng, a microbiologist at Xiamen University in southeast China, wants to know whether bacteria and other marine microorganisms can be harnessed to help combat global warming.
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#1339372022-04-06
Century-old malaria parasite puzzle solved as ape origin traced
Scientists have solved a 100-year-old mystery about the evolutionary links between malaria parasites that infect humans and chimpanzees.
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#1339382022-04-06
Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungle
Far from the flowery fields that are their natural home, honey bees imperiled by pesticides in rural Colombia are finding sanctuary on university campuses in the bustling capital Bogota.
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#1339402022-04-06
How does perennial grassland cover affect duck nest survival?
Efforts related to the management of breeding ducks in North America have often focused on developing and implementing practices that promote the survival of nests.
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#1339412022-04-06
Blood-sucking leeches can help scientists map biodiversity
Scientists looking to measure the biodiversity of wild animals have added a surprising tool to their arsenal—blood-sucking leeches. In a new study led by a team of Harvard researchers, DNA samples extracted from the blood meals of leeches were used to map which animals live in the Ailaoshan Natu ...
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#1339422022-04-06
The pleasant smell of wet soil indicates danger to bacteria-eating worms, researchers find
The smell of geosmin is unmistakable: It's the odor that permeates the air after a summer rain squall or fills your nose while gardening. It's the smell of wet soil—an earthy, almost comforting scent.
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#1339502022-04-06
What's in store for Europe's tree species?
Scientists supported by the EU-funded FORGENIUS project have presented a new data set showing current and potential future distributions of European tree species. Called EU-Trees4F, the data set provides a detailed model on how the ranges of 67 tree species will change between now and 2095.
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#1339512022-04-06
The spider that looks like bird poo—and other amazing (and gross) tricks animals deploy to survive
Animals do all sorts of disgusting things. While these gross behaviours might turn our stomachs, they're often crucial to an animal's survival.
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#1339522022-04-06
Simulations explain Greenland's slower summer warming
A puzzling, decade-long slowdown in summer warming across Greenland has been explained by researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan. Their observational analysis and computer simulations revealed that changes in sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles to the s ...
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#1339542022-04-06
The Earth beneath us may be shifting -- not static
Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid than once supposed.
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#1339552022-04-06
Vegetarian birds more sociable than insect eaters
Weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects, suggests new research by an international team of scientists led by the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath.
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#1338692022-03-31
Attenborough ship proves its polar credentials
The new Royal Research Ship (RRS) Sir David Attenborough is proving its capabilities as an icebreaker. On its first outing to the Antarctic, the £200m polar vessel - popularly known as Boaty McBoatface - has been smashing through thick frozen floes.
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#1338752022-03-31
Warmer summers and meltwater lakes are threatening the fringes of the world's largest ice sheet
A first-of-its-kind study looking at surface meltwater lakes around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet across a seven-year period has found that the area and volume of these lakes is highly variable year-to-year, and offers new insights into the potential impact of recent climatic change on the 'Froze ...
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#1338762022-03-31
Deserts 'breathe' water vapor, study shows
Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow and move—and according to a decades long research project, they also breathe humid air.
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#1338772022-03-31
African network protects key turtle sites
A network of West African Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covers key sites used by green turtles, new research shows.
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#1338792022-03-31
Cayman farm turtles reveal hope for biodiversity loss
A collaborative research project into the green turtles that were released into the wild by what was at the time the Cayman Turtle Farm has shown that the accelerating biodiversity loss from global warming and other human activity could in some circumstances be assisted by the reintroduction of ...
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#1338802022-03-31
Biodiversity loss has knock-on effects on global markets
Biodiversity losses in countries with smaller, less-developed economies, impact large, developed economies, according to a new study.
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#1338852022-03-31
New botanical 'crime scene investigation' may save endangered carnivorous plants
Researchers have combined macro photography with DNA metabarcoding to create a new botanical "CSI" tool that may hold the key to safeguarding the future of Australia's critically endangered carnivorous plants.
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#1338862022-03-31
Apples and other fruits can host drug-resistant, pathogenic yeasts on surfaces
When they're prepared for transport, apples and other fruits are often treated with a fungicide to prevent spoilage and extend shelf life.
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#1338872022-03-31
Understanding the human-animal interplay of COVID-19 and other diseases
Tony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don't start—or end—with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact with.
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#1338892022-03-31
Ingesting microscopic plastic affects the ability of mussels to grow and reproduce
Mussels in Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne are ingesting microscopic pieces of plastic used in cosmetics. And it's affecting their ability to grow and reproduce, an RMIT University eco-toxicologist has found.
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#1338902022-03-31
Allergy-friendly apple varieties
In a few years, apples that are officially deemed allergy-friendly will be available in supermarkets. The apples are a result of a project in which researchers in cooperation with the Züchtungsinitiative Niederelbe (ZIN), an initiative for breeding apple varieties, have successfully developed tw ...
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#1338922022-03-31
Zebra mbuna fish and stingrays can add and subtract
Zebra mbuna (a species of cichlid fish) and stingrays can add and subtract one from the numbers one to five, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
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#1338932022-03-31
Monkeys often eat fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our taste for booze
For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote a book proposing that our attraction to booze arose millions of years ago, when our ape and monkey ancestors discovered that the scent of alcohol led them to ripe, fermenting and nu ...
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#1338942022-03-31
Broken wing tactic found to be more widespread than thought
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and California Polytechnic State University, has found that the broken wing tactic used by some birds to lure predators away from their nest is more widespread than previously thought.
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#1338952022-03-31
Researchers find dolphin attempting to communicate with porpoises
A team of researchers from the University of Strathclyde, Clyde Porpoise CIC and CESIMAR–CCT CENPAT-CONICET, has found evidence of a lone dolphin attempting to communicate with porpoises.
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#1338962022-03-31
U.S. can get close to deep decarbonization by 2050, study finds
The United States will get only partially toward deep reductions in greenhouse gasses with the policy tools currently available even in the scenario most favorable politically to decarbonization.
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#1338972022-03-31
Ozone may be heating the planet more than we realize
Ozone may be weakening one of the Earth's most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought, research has found.
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#1338982022-03-31
Volcanoes, diamonds, and blobs: A billion-year history of Earth's interior shows it's more mobile than we thought
Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One is under Africa, the other under the Pacific Ocean. The blobs have their roots 2,900km below the surface, almost halfway to the center of the Earth.
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#1338992022-03-31
Highly accurate permafrost maps of the Northern Hemisphere published
Researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators published a high-accuracy and high-resolution permafrost map over the Northern Hemisphere.