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#1286022021-05-12
The world needs a standard tool to compare species conservation efforts. An international team just built one.
In 2010, the Convention on Biodiversity proposed a list of 20 targets aimed at preserving global biodiversity—from increasing public awareness to preventing species extinctions. The targets were part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020.
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#1228582019-11-04
The world is getting wetter, yet water may become less available for North America and Eurasia
With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a Dartmouth-led study in Nature Geoscience. The research suggests a drier future despite anticipated precipitati ...
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#1281422021-04-21
The workers of yellow crazy ants can act like lazy wannabe queens, so we watched them fight
The invasive ant world is a competitive one, rife with territorial battles and colony raids. And yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes), one of the world's worst invasive species, have an especially interesting trait: they're the only invasive ant known to have workers who can reproduce.
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#1330542022-02-09
The weird and wonderful world of breeding sea stars
It takes a bit of work to get brittlestars in the mood to procreate in captivity. They need to be well-fed, in total darkness and convinced the world is ending.
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#1271902021-02-18
The way we eat could lead to habitat loss for 17,000 species by 2050
Each year, billions of animals are slaughtered to put food on our plates. The animal welfare and climate change implications of this are well-documented — most animals are factory-farmed, and global meat production accounts for 14.5 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.
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#1261202020-12-09
The use of wild mammals in traditional medicine
In an analysis of published research, investigators identified 565 mammalian species that have been used to source products used in traditional medicine around the world, especially in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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#1227972019-10-30
The use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy is an opportunity, but there are pros and cons
The use of sugarcane leaves, known as trash or straw, to produce electricity and second-generation (2G) ethanol has been advocated as a means of increasing bioenergy generation without expanding cropland acreage. However, a study conducted in Brazil and published in the journal BioEnergy Researc ...
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#1270282021-02-11
The time to take low-carbon transition risks seriously is now
On February 19, the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, the United States, will rejoin the Paris Agreement. This will kickstart a year of intensifying policy activity ahead of the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP26) in November, when countries will re-commit to their emis ...
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#1247792020-03-20
The threats facing our planet are interconnected
In addition to costing human lives, this year’s unprecedentedly severe wildfire season in Australia destroyed an estimated 2,500 homes, killed hundreds of millions of animals, battered the economy,
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#1310512021-10-21
The term 'Anthropocene' isn't perfect, but it shows us the scale of the environmental crisis we've caused
Earlier this year, scientists identified early warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, an ocean current that influences the climate of the North American east coast and much of western Europe.
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#1348152022-06-01
The surprising musical dynamics of a lava lake on Kīlauea volcano
A lava lake in a crater of Kīlauea spent ten years sloshing and churning before the volcano gave a bigger belch. Kīlauea erupted dramatically in 2018. Earthquakes, ash plumes, and lava flows disrupted life on Hawaii's Big Island and changed the volcano's topography.
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#1330552022-02-09
The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the Blue Mountains World Heritage area
For more than 40 years, an underground coal mine discharged poorly treated wastewater directly into the Wollangambe River, which flows through the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area.
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#1187342018-10-30
The spiders who came in from the cold
A sprawling study of spiders across northern Canada has turned up more than 100 species in provinces or territories where they had never before been recorded. The findings, by researchers from McGill University, provide a valuable new benchmark for monitoring biodiversity across Canada’s vast no ...
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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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#1199702019-02-15
The smallest skeletons in the marine world observed in 3-D by synchrotron techniques
Coccolithophores are microscopic marine algae that use carbon dioxide to grow, and release carbon dioxide when they create their miniature calcite shells. These tiny, abundant planktonic microorganisms could therefore be seriously impacted by current increasing carbon dioxide emissions.
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#1321502021-12-13
The sky's the limit: Using airborne DNA to monitor insect biodiversity
Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA from 85 species could be identified. This offers scope for exploring a whole new way to monitor terrestrial biodiversity.
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#1223372019-09-24
The shared evolution of the Tasmanian tiger and the wolf
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was one of Australia's most enigmatic native species.It was the largest marsupial predator to survive until the arrival of Europeans but carried its babies in a pouch like a kangaroo or koala.
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#1333572022-02-21
The secret ultraviolet colours of sunflowers attract pollinators and preserve water
Flowers are one of the most striking examples of diversity in nature, displaying myriad combinations of colours, patterns, shapes and scents. They range from colourful tulips and daisies, to fragrant frangipani and giant, putrid-smelling corpse flowers.
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#1335052022-02-24
The secret of mycorrhizal fungi
Fungi, specifically those that are "mycorrhizal," are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the greatest tree diversity in a forest: strategy A (ectomycorrhiza) or strategy B (arbuscular mycorrhiza)?
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#1281412021-04-21
The secret lives of farmed fish
Aquaculture is becoming increasingly important as a source of food for our growing population. Worldwide, billions of fish are farmed and eaten every year, and humans now consume more farmed than wild caught fish.
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#1305602021-09-23
The secret life of baby octopuses
Some of the most amazing creatures live in the deep blue sea. Cuttlefish, squids and octopuses, for example. These soft-bodied cephalopods have a strikingly sophisticated nervous system, camera-like eyes, three hearts, and an extraordinary ability to switch the color and texture of their skin to ...
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#1354442022-07-26
The scientists who switched focus to fight climate change
It was during a car journey to California in temperatures sometimes exceeding 40 °C that Sophie Gilbert decided she needed to make a major career change.
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#1192482019-01-04
The science stories likely to make headlines in 2019
Scientists in Europe and the United States face an uncertain political landscape in the new year, which could affect funding and collaborations.
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#1301092021-08-24
The science of ants' underground cities
Picture an anthill. What do you see? A small mound of sand and crumbly dirt poking up through the lawn? A tiny hole disappearing into the ground? A few ants scrambling around busily. Not very impressive, right?
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#1327282022-01-25
The role of magma in the birth of the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean was born roughly 200 million years ago when the supercontinent Pangea began to break apart. As continental crust stretched and fractured, oceanic crust took its place. T
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#1352202022-07-05
The rise of coral-eating snails
WA researchers are monitoring coral-eating snails at Rottnest amid concerns of a future outbreak on the famous island. Every month, Murdoch University Ph.D. student Veera Haslam dives into the ocean at Rottnest to search for Drupella cornus snacking on the island's reefs.
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#1257382020-11-17
The riddle of Madagascar’s megafauna extinction just got trickier
The growing consensus that the earth is in the throes of a sixth mass extinction has focused attention on a centuries-old ecological puzzle: why do species suddenly disappear by the droves?
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#1200042019-02-18
The rich levels of biodiversity on land seen across the globe today are not a recent phenomenon
Biodiversity has remained constant since the boom in life following the extinction of the dinosaurs 60 million years ago, new research suggests. The finding based on computer analysis of 200 years of paleontological records from 30,000 fossil sites around the globe contradicts conventional scien ...
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#1294742021-07-07
The reproductive advantages of large male fish
In mosquitofish, of the genus Gambusia, male fish are smaller than females—sometimes only half the size. Biologists had previously assumed that smaller male mosquitofish had at least some reproductive advantages
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#1327252022-01-25
The race to protect the food of the future: Why seed banks alone are not the answer
Last summer I grew three varieties of corn in my tiny garden. I knew from the start that my harvest, if any, would be meager. The plants would be hindered by poor soils, assertive pigeons and, worst of all, my pathetic knowledge of farming.
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#1348532022-06-02
The possibility of a carbon emissions peak in China by 2030 depends on the GDP growth rate
Extant studies have noted that China's ability to peak carbon emissions by 2030 has something to do with the economic growth rate and suggested a slowdown in economic growth in China to help peak carbon emissions. However, none of them gives a quantitative account for such a relationship.
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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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#1247782020-03-20
The plan to turn half the world into a reserve for nature
Scientists and conservationists are proposing that up to half of Earth’s land and oceans be protected for nature. Is it a necessary step or a pipe dream?
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#1283242021-04-28
The pioneering technology that is uncovering the mysteries of the 'kraken'
The legend of the "kraken" has captivated humans for millennia. Stories of deep-sea squid dragging sailors and even entire ships to their doom can be found in everything from ancient Greek mythology to modern-day movie blockbusters.
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#1198642019-02-08
The physics underlying complex biological architectures
A building's architectural plans map out what's needed to keep it from falling down. But design is not just functional: often, it's also beautiful, with lines and shapes that can amaze and inspire.
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#1354582022-07-26
The physics of snow slab avalanches similar to that of earthquakes
Scientists from EPFL and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF have gained deeper insight into how snow slab avalanches form, paving the way to more effective risk assessment measures for these catastrophic events that induce more avalanche accidents and fatalities every year tha ...
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#1241982020-02-17
The paradox of dormancy: Why sleep when you can eat?
Why do predators sometimes lay dormant eggs, which are hardy, but take a long time to hatch and are expensive to produce? That is the question that researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) set out to answer in a recent paper published in Advanced Science.
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#1201162019-02-26
The paper mulberry coevolved with soil microbes to humanity's benefit
The paper mulberry evolved its uniquely fibrous inner bark around 31 million years ago, long before the woody tree was first used for bookmaking during China's Tang dynasty. This adaptation, which makes the nutrient-rich plant easy to pass through foraging animals, may have been its way of feedi ...
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#1353202022-07-12
The pace of the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy
In watching the reaction of advocates and experts to the Supreme Court's decision in EPA v. West Virginia, I was struck by their dismay that the EPA would no longer be able to implement rapid sweeping change in the nation's energy system.
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#1317262021-11-16
The oldest mineralized sponges in the world found in Ciudad Real
An international and multidisciplinary piece of research involving the participation of Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) concludes with the discovery of the mineralised fossil remains of the oldest sponges in the world—530 million years old—in phosphate deposits in Fontanarejo (Ciudad Real).
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#1295282021-07-12
The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites
Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world's oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics—fragments less than 5 millimeters across, roughly the size of a sesame seed.
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#1279892021-04-08
The ocean is becoming more stable: Why that might not be a good thing
If you've ever been seasick, "stable" may be the last word you associate with the ocean. But as global temperatures rise, the world's oceans are technically becoming more stable.
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#1330762022-02-10
The nature of love: examples of bonding in nature
Love is certainly in the spotlight this week. But what really is love? Why do we love, and are we the only species who can?
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#1263362020-12-17
The most consumed species of mussels contain microplastics all around the world
"If you eat mussels, you eat microplastics." This was already known to a limited extent about mussels from individual ocean regions. A new study by the University of Bayreuth, led by Prof. Dr. Christian Laforsch, reveals that this claim holds true globally. The Bayreuth team investigated the mic ...
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#1205062019-03-26
The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish
Evolutionary biologists at McMaster University who study the social lives and behaviour of colony spiders—some of which are docile, others aggressive— have found that the success of their cooperative societies depend on their neighbours.
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#1248152020-03-20
The mighty Nile, threatened by waste, warming, mega-dam
Early one morning in Cairo, volunteers paddle their kayaks across the Nile, fishing out garbage from the mighty waterway that gave birth to Egyptian civilisation but now faces multiple threats.
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#1257962020-11-20
The microbiome of Da Vinci's drawings
The work of Leonardo Da Vinci is an invaluable heritage of the 15th century. From engineering to anatomy, the master paved the way for many scientific disciplines. But what else could the drawings of Da Vinci teach us? Could molecular studies reveal interesting data from the past? These question ...
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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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#1272562021-02-22
The melting of large icebergs is a key stage in the evolution of ice ages
Antarctic iceberg melt could hold the key to the activation of a series of mechanisms that cause the Earth to suffer prolonged periods of global cooling, according to Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, a researcher at the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (CSIC-UGR), whose discoveries were recently ...
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#1259952020-12-03
The making of mysterious mazes: How animals got their complex colorations
Why do leopards have spots and zebras have stripes? Many biologists have tried to answer these questions and have provided interesting hypotheses, including camouflage, thermoregulation, and insect repellent. But how did animals get these skin patterns? It is still difficult to answer this question.