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#1234912019-12-18
Food at risk as third of plants face extinction
Botanists have made a new census of terrestrial plants – only to find that with nearly 40 per cent of them rare, or extremely rare, this may put food at risk.
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#1234942019-12-18
The 4 women on Nature’s ‘People who mattered in Science in 2019’ list
Each year, Nature Magazine profiles 10 people who made a significant impact in the field of science.This year, four women made it onto the list, including Macquarie University bioethicist Dr Wendy Rogers. Also on the list was Time’s Person of the Year, Greta Thunberg, American-Canadian astrophys ...
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#1235162019-12-18
Study shows integrated organic crop and livestock production systems can conform to food safety standards
Experiments involving the integration of cattle into crop rotations in organic food production showed such systems performed well in keeping pathogens out of meat, according to a recently published study.
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#1235172019-12-18
Stand out from the herd: How cows communicate through their lives
Farmers might finally be able to answer the question: How now brown cow?Research at the University of Sydney has shown that cows maintain individual voices in a variety of emotional situations.
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#1235182019-12-18
Star fruit could be the new 'star' of Florida agriculture
It's not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United States call it, is gaining popularity. One researcher from Florida International University is researching how cover crops can help the sustainability of star fruit farms.
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#1235192019-12-18
Genomic insights: How female butterflies alter investment in attractiveness vs. fecundity
Have you ever wondered why and how butterflies exhibit such beautiful and diverse colors? Scientists have, particularly butterflies in the genus Colias. In most Colias butterflies, all males and most females are an orange or yellow color, but some females are white.
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#1235212019-12-18
Watered down biodiversity: Sample type is critical in environmental DNA studies for biomonitoring
DNA-based biomonitoring relies on species-specific segments of organisms DNA for their taxonomic identification and is rapidly advancing for monitoring invertebrate communities across a variety of ecosystems.
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#1235252019-12-19
Mowing urban lawns less intensely increases biodiversity, saves money and reduces pests
The researchers combined data across North America and Europe using a meta-analysis, a way of aggregating results from multiple studies to increase statistical strength.
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#1235282019-12-19
Mitonuclear interactions in the control of life history
Mitonuclear interactions are believed to play an important role in the so-called "life history" of Eukaryotic organisms. Unfortunately, no one has come up with any sort of general concrete theory that can predict or even describe these interactions. A recent thematic issue of Philosophical Trans ...
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#1235382019-12-19
Elephant’s trunk will inspire a revolutionary robot
An international team, including UNIGE, will analyse the African elephant’s trunk, and its exceptional agility and versatility, to create a robot guided by touch.
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#1235512019-12-20
Discovering a new fundamental underwater force
A team of mathematicians from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brown University has discovered a new phenomenon that generates a fluidic force capable of moving and binding particles immersed in density-layered fluids. The breakthrough offers an alternative to previously held ...
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#1235522019-12-20
Research points to unprecedented and worrying rise in sea levels
A new study led by Simon Fraser University's Dean of Science, Prof. Paul Kench, has discovered new evidence of sea-level variability in the central Indian Ocean.
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#1235532019-12-20
Scientists study manta rays' impressive ability to heal
"Whoopi' the manta ray—a regular visitor to Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef—has helped University of Queensland and Murdoch University scientists study rays' impressive ability to heal.
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#1235542019-12-20
Bark beetles control pathogenic fungi
Ants and honeybees share nests of hundreds or thousands of individuals in a very small space. Hence the risk is high that infectious diseases may spread rapidly. In order to reduce this risk, the animals have developed special social behaviors that are referred to as "social immune defense."
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#1235652019-12-20
Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before—they could do it again
The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also delivered heavy blows to biodiversity and ecosystem function.
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#1235712020-01-06
Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures
Improper adoption of climate impact modeling could leave us ill prepared for even higher temperatures and more frequent heatwaves, according to new research.
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#1235722020-01-06
Student researchers make dismaying microplastics find in the Arctic Ocean
Aboard the Icebreaker Oden, a Swedish vessel on an Artic expedition, a multidisciplinary group of scientists, filmmakers and students, including three City College of New York undergraduates, made a dismaying discovery in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. "Microplastics, a lot of them," said Krys ...
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#1235752020-01-06
How frontier research could be the answer to a more sustainable future
More frequent extreme weather events, increasing political nationalism and growing economic inequality are making sustainable development goals harder to achieve. EURACTIV looked at the work of four frontier researchers to explore how a more sustainable future could look like.
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#1235762020-01-06
Africa’s genetic material is still being misused
Biodiversity — the variation in all living organisms — is one of Africa’s richest assets. As a result, its genetic material is coveted by scientists, biotechnology companies and research institutes globally. For decades, there has been a flow of data and biosamples from the African continent to ...
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#1235822020-01-06
Red Brittle Stars See with Light-Sensitive Skin Cells, Study Shows
The red brittle star (Ophiocoma wendtii), a relative of starfish that inhabits coral reefs from Bermuda to Brazil, first captured scientific attention more than three decades ago thanks to its dramatic change in color between day and night and its strong aversion to light.
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#1235882020-01-07
Diversifying approaches to conserving nature
Conservationists don’t always agree about the best ways to reinforce the protection of nature. Debates about it can become confrontational. But at the heart of the issue is how to include more people in conservation efforts. As a group of scientists, we believe it is important to steer the discu ...
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#1235972020-01-07
When the past catches up on you: Land use impacts biodiversity in the long term
Ghosts of land use past haunt current biodiversity in farmland ecosystems, according to a new study led by a researcher from the German Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre.
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#1235982020-01-07
Researcher studies near-surface wind effects on landscape evolution
The accurate characterization of near-surface winds is critical to understanding past and modern climate. Dust lifted by these winds has the potential to modify surface and atmospheric conditions, according to a University of Wyoming researcher who was part of a study on the subject.
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#1235992020-01-07
New 'umbrella' species would massively improve conservation
The protection of Australia's threatened species could be improved by a factor of seven, if more efficient 'umbrella' species were prioritized for protection, according to University of Queensland research.
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#1236002020-01-07
Fossilized seashells show signs of ocean acidification before dinosaur-annihilating asteroid
New evidence gleaned from Antarctic seashells confirms that Earth was already unstable before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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#1236182020-01-09
How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new drug blueprints
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that two very different species of bacteria have evolved distinct, powerful antibiotic arsenals for use in the war against their bacterial neighbours.
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#1236192020-01-09
Scientists learn how to increase corn crop yields
NSF-funded scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a corn cob. One way to boost the productivity of a plant, they say, is to redirect some of its resources away from maintaining an overprepared immune system and into enhanced seed production. No ...
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#1236232020-01-09
Improved Functioning of Diverse Landscape Mosaics
It is well-established that biodiverse ecosystems generally function better than monocultures. Ecologists at the University of Zurich have now shown that the same is true on a larger scale: Having a mix of different land-covers including grassland, forest, urban areas and water bodies improves t ...
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#1236432020-01-10
More plants are growing around Everest -- and the consequences could be serious
Grasses, shrubs and mosses are growing and expanding around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area continues to experience the consequences of global warming, researchers have found.
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#1236462020-01-10
Scientists use ancient marine fossils to unravel long-standing climate puzzle
Cardiff University scientists have shed new light on the Earth's climate behaviour during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ago.
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#1236522020-01-10
Climbing trees reveals a housing shortage for tree-rats and other endangered animals
Estimates of tree hollows—which form the houses of several endangered species in northern Australia—are much too high, researchers at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory have found.
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#1236532020-01-10
Plants found to speak roundworm's language
Nematodes are tiny, ubiquitous roundworms that infect plant roots, causing more than $100 billion in crop damage worldwide each year. New research has found that plants manipulate the worms' pheromones to repel infestations, providing insights into how farmers could fight these pests.
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#1236542020-01-10
Detecting microplastics first step in assessing environmental harm
Amid growing alarm over the plastic that pollutes our environment, biomedical and optics researchers at the University of Rochester are working to better understand the prevalence of microplastics in drinking water and their potential impacts on human health.
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#1236552020-01-10
Cracks in Arctic sea ice turn low clouds on and off
The prevailing view has been that more leads are associated with more low-level clouds during winter. But University of Utah atmospheric scientists noticed something strange in their study of these leads: when lead occurrence was greater, there were fewer, not more clouds.
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#1236602020-01-10
Scottish rocks prove 'boring billion' wasn't so boring after all
Scottish rocks have provided evidence of a previously unknown ice age that has shed new light on the evolution of the planet. Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have analyzed rocks in the Torridon area of the Northwest Highlands and uncovered evidence of debris dropped from melting icebe ...
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#1236792020-01-13
Can an underwater soundtrack really bring coral reefs back to life?
The ocean is a vast, quiet place, right? Vast, yes; quiet, not so much.As a researcher who studies coral reefs, I've floated above many and, when I listen closely, my ears are invariably filled with sounds.
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#1236802020-01-13
Specific insulin-like peptide regulates how beetle 'weapons' grow
A scientist from Tokyo Metropolitan University and coworkers have discovered that a specific insulin-like peptide called ILP2 regulates the size of the mandibles in Gnatocerus cornutus beetles in different nutritional environments.
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#1236982020-01-14
Study points to global streams and rivers' contribution to climate change
A new study led by Auburn University researchers and published in the journal, Nature Climate Change, shows a four-fold increase in emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide—a major contributor to climate warming—in global streams and rivers.
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#1236992020-01-14
Malaria in the Amazon increases with deforestation
A study by NSF-funded scientists Andy MacDonald at UC Santa Barbara and Erin Mordecai at Stanford found a direct relationship between deforestation in the Amazon and the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes.
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#1237002020-01-14
RNA provides clues to explain longevity of ginkgo trees
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and one in the U.S. has found that ginkgo biloba trees do not experience senescence. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their RNA analysis of Ginkgo biloba cambiu ...
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#1237272020-01-15
Reconnecting with nature 'triggers' eco-actions
People who have access to nature or urban green spaces are much more likely to behave in environmentally friendly ways, a study suggests. Researchers used a representative sample of 24,000 people in England for their study of green behaviour.
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#1237312020-01-15
TESSA: A practical tool to measure the impact of protecting biodiversity
Researchers, public officials and NGOs often ask, "Can we put a price on forests?". The question may sound absurd or even cynical, but as an expert in environmental-conservation practices, I believe that measuring biodiversity value could help us better preserve it. Evaluating the "price" of a f ...
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#1237322020-01-15
How zebra finches learn to sing
Complex learning processes like speaking or singing follow similar patterns. Using the example of zebra finches, researchers at UZH and ETH Zurich have investigated how young birds imitate the courtship songs of their fathers and practice them thousands of times.
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#1237352020-01-15
Scientists highlight effects of climate change on UK's plankton
Marine scientists in Plymouth have led a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas.
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#1237362020-01-15
Rising sea levels and increased storms pose threat to coastal communities
The rate of coastal erosion around the UK is expected to increase substantially in the future, according to a new study by the University of Plymouth.
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#1237382020-01-15
The connection between water and human biology is more important now than ever
A researcher at Penn State is developing a way to consistently research water and its effects on human biology and health.
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#1237482020-01-16
Common foods can help 'landscape' the jungle of our gut microbiome
Researchers at San Diego State University have found a new way to harness food as medicine, which has far reaching implications to control harmful microbes in our gut while balancing microbial diversity by fostering the growth of beneficial bacteria.
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#1237582020-01-16
How much microplastic is there in your laundry basket?
Every time you wash clothes, you are releasing microplastics into the sea, but we know little about the amount and distribution of such material from different types of textile. Research scientists are now working on measuring and capturing microplastics in our laundry.
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#1237802020-01-17
Giant Ocean Heatwave Called 'The Blob' Has Caused The Biggest Seabird Die-Off on Record
Scientists have reported on another devastating biological disaster, caused by a patch of abnormally warm water in the Pacific Ocean known as 'the Blob'.
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#1237812020-01-17
What can oceans tell us about the end of the dinosaurs?
Scientists studying ocean cores have found new clues as to whether it was indeed an asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs. For years, most scientists presumed that the asteroid, which hit near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, was the culprit.