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#1322492021-12-21
Champions of the Earth: The Ugandan vet protecting people and wildlife
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka this year’s Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation, has spent three decades helping to safeguard some of the world’s rarest primates, including endangered mountain gorillas.
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#1342132022-04-27
Change in diet may contribute to rapid recovery of apex predator, new research reveals
New research from Charles Darwin University (CDU) has revealed that the estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the Northern Territory have shifted from an estuarine based diet to one that is largely derived from terrestrial sources.
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#1263352020-12-17
Change in global precipitation patterns as a result of climate change
The Earth's climate system is largely determined by the differences in temperature between the tropics and the poles. Global warming is likely to cause global atmospheric circulation to change and progressively revert to a situation similar to that of 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. This is the concl ...
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#1193192019-01-10
Change of teeth causes yo-yo effect in elephants' weight
The weight of elephants living in zoos fluctuates over the course of their adult lives in cycles lasting around a hundred months, researchers at the University of Zurich have found. The fluctuation is linked to the particular pattern of tooth change in elephants, which results in them having mor ...
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#1294752021-07-07
Changes in Earth's orbit enabled the emergence of complex life
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that changes in Earth's orbit may have allowed complex life to emerge and thrive during the most hostile climate episode the planet has ever experienced.
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#1337872022-03-08
Changes in bird behavior linked to climate change
A new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) rolls back the curtain on half a century of evidence detailing the impact of climate change on more than 60 different bird species.
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#1344002022-05-12
Changes in cholesterol production lead to tragic octopus death spiral
For all their uncanny intelligence and seemingly supernatural abilities to change color and regenerate limbs, octopuses often suffer a tragic death. After a mother octopus lays a clutch of eggs, she quits eating and wastes away; by the time the eggs hatch, she is dead.
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#1266392021-01-15
Changes in nutrient storage and metabolism help fruit flies reach maturity
RIKEN developmental biologists have analyzed the transitions that precede metamorphosis in fruit fly larvae using experiments and mathematical modeling1. They have also identified the survival strategies underlying these transitions. While conducted on fruit flies, their study may have relevance ...
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#1186222018-10-23
Changes in snow coverage threaten biodiversity of Arctic nature
Many of the plants inhabiting northern mountains depend on the snow cover lingering until late spring or summer. Snow provides shelter for plants from winter-time extreme events but at the same time it shortens the length of growing season, which prevents the establishment of more southern plant ...
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#1274002021-02-26
Changing the way we conduct research: Advocating for sustainability science
To stay in step with their times, make their voices heard and play a decisive role in shaping major future directions, researchers must move toward a "sustainability science."
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#1262672020-12-15
Characterizing wildlife consumers to guide behavior change efforts provides optimism amid the Asian Songbird Extinction Crisis
A comprehensive new study into the key user groups in Indonesia's bird trade offers hope for protecting species through behavioural change. Novel research has identified three main groups within the Indonesian songbird owner community: 'hobbyist', 'contestant' and 'breeder'.
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#1281442021-04-21
Charles Darwin and conspicuous consumption: Why bling is blingy
Luxury brands are a prominent feature of modern society. Thorstein Veblen coined the term "conspicuous consumption" to describe how the upper classes showcased expensive goods without inherent practical benefits to demonstrate their economic power.
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#1261212020-12-09
Charles Darwin was right about why insects are losing the ability to fly
Most insects can fly.Yet scores of species have lost that extraordinary ability, particularly on islands. On the small islands that lie halfway between Antarctica and continents like Australia, almost all the insects have done so.
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#1302972021-09-07
Chemical signals discovered in starfish that stop feeding behavior
Starfish feed in a bizarre way—turning their stomachs out of their mouth when they come across a tasty meal like a mussel or oyster—and then digesting their chosen prey outside of their body.
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#1343332022-05-10
Chile's first complete ichthyosaur recovered from a glacier in Patagonia
The fossilized remains of Chile's first complete ichthyosaur have been unearthed from a melting glacier deep in the Patagonia area of the South American country.
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#1198632019-02-08
Chimpanzee 'mini-brains' hint at secrets of human evolution
At some point during human evolution, a handful of genetic changes triggered a dramatic threefold expansion of the brain's neocortex, the wrinkly outermost layer of brain tissue responsible for everything from language to self-awareness to abstract thought.
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#1329812022-02-08
Chimpanzees observed treating wounds of others, using crushed insects
For humans, the first instinct would be to disinfect it and then cover it with a bandage. But chimpanzees have invented a more creative method: catching insects and applying them directly to the open wound.
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#1275592021-03-05
Chimpanzees without borders
Researchers from the Pan African Programme: The Cultured Chimpanzee (PanAf) at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) and a team of international researchers, collected over 5000 fecal samples from 55 sites in 18 countries across the chimpanzee range over 8 years.
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#1288562021-05-26
Chimps learn 'handshakes' according to social group: study
Chimpanzees develop specific handshake-like gestures depending on their social group, according to the results of a 12-year observational study published on Wednesday that sheds light on the animals' complex social structures.
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#1272522021-02-22
China's temperate glaciers are melting at accelerating rate
Temperate glaciers are very sensitive to variations in temperature and precipitation, and thus represent a good indicator of climate change. China's temperate glaciers have a relatively warm and humid climate and hydrothermal conditions at low latitudes, which are more significantly affected by ...
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#1293292021-06-15
China's trekking elephants wait for youngster to catch up
A herd of elephants on a mammoth trek across China is taking an enforced break—as they wait for a wayward youngster to catch-up.
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#1282352021-04-26
Chinese hazelnut: The newest piece in the hazelnut genome puzzle
Humans have been breeding plants for their economic value for thousands of years. Traditionally, plant breeding techniques included cumbersome and time-consuming techniques like grafting and hybridization to enhance traits of economic value like disease resistance and high nutrition content. Now ...
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#1248572020-03-25
Christmas Island discovery redraws map of life
The world's animal distribution map will need to be redrawn and textbooks updated, after researchers discovered the existence of "Australian' species on Christmas Island.
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#1257452020-11-18
Cichlid fishes from African Lake Tanganyika shed light on how organismal diversity arises
Lake Tanganyika in Africa is a true hotspot of organismal diversity. Approximately 240 species of cichlid fishes have evolved in this lake in less than 10 million years. A research team from the University of Basel has investigated this phenomenon of explosive speciation, and provides new insigh ...
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#1289072021-05-31
Cities Have Unique Microbial 'Fingerprints', First Study of Its Kind Reveals
Each city is populated by a unique host of microbial organisms, and this microbial 'fingerprint' is so distinctive, the DNA on your shoe is likely enough to identify where you live, scientists say.
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#1341392022-04-20
Cities are driving evolutionary change in the cosmopolitan white clover, a new global study finds
Over half of the world's population now lives in an urban area, according to a recent report by the United Nations. And that number is expected to grow to two-thirds by the middle of this century.
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#1205572019-03-28
Cities under pressure
Cities to swelter as planners face unenviable trade-off between tackling climate change and quality of life, new research has shown.The study, led by experts at Newcastle University, UK, has shown the challenge we face to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase cities' resilience to extreme we ...
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#1253542020-04-30
Citizen science project aims to reveal secret life of bees
In these unprecedented times, we are all spending much more time at home and in our gardens. And, now that spring has well and truly arrived, it’s the perfect time to get reacquainted with one of our country’s busiest workers – the bee.
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#1268832021-02-04
Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in 2020 disrupted field research and environmental monitoring efforts worldwide. Travel restrictions and social distancing forced scientists to cancel studies or pause their work for months. These limits measurably reduced the accuracy of weather forecasts and create ...
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#1276202021-03-09
Citizen scientists help expose presence of invasive Asian bamboo longhorn beetle in Europe
A worryingly high number of Asian bamboo longhorn beetles (Chlorophorus annularis) turn out to have been emerging across Europe for about a century already, finds an international research team, headed by researchers from the Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Germany. Curiously, ...
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#1319442021-11-26
Citizen scientists to boost bushfire recovery activities
Members of the public are being invited to participate in a citizen science research program to boost existing bushfire recovery, data collection and monitoring activities for impacted wildlife.
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#1327232022-01-25
Citizens recruited to unlock the secret lives of echidnas
Researchers at the University of Adelaide's Environment Institute and members of the general public have recorded the largest number of echidna sightings across Australia to aid in the conservation of the iconic mammal.
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#1280892021-04-20
Cleaner fish from salmon farming affect wild populations
A growing demand for cleaner fish in salmon farms raises concerns about overfishing and human-mediated geneflow to wild populations. A recent study reveals that up to 20 percent of the local populations of corkwing wrasse in mid Norway may constitute escapees and hybrids.
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#1296262021-07-22
Clearance of Tropical Mountain Forests in Southeast Asia Expanding, Accelerating, Says Study
New research has found that the tropical forests in the mountains of Southeast Asia are losing trees at an accelerated rate, deepening a wide range of ecological concerns.
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#1278182021-03-29
Clearing of woody weeds to restore grassland in Kenya may yield major livelihood benefits
A new study suggests that clearing the invasive woody weed Prosopis julifora and grassland restoration in Baringo County, Kenya, may have significant financial benefits for local stakeholders and contribute to climate change mitigation.
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#1323732022-01-07
Clearing the air: Decarbonization technologies take a giant step forward
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels today are higher than at any point in the past 800,000 years or more. During a year when terms like carbon neutrality and net zero have become more and more commonly used, it appears the world is waking up to the imperative underscored in every high-level climate asse ...
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#1186672018-10-25
Clever crows reveal 'window into the mind'
Clever, tool-using crows have surprised scientists once again with remarkable problem-solving skills. In a task designed to test their tool-making prowess, New Caledonian crows spontaneously put together two short, combinable sticks to make a longer "fishing rod" to reach a piece of food.
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#1264972020-12-29
Clicks, bonks and dripping taps: listen to the calls of 6 frogs out and about this summer
Frog calls are iconic sounds of summer in Australia. There are more than 240 species native to Australia, almost all of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
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#1296542021-07-23
Climate 'mysteries' still puzzle scientists, despite progress
What worries one of the world's leading climate scientists the most? Heatwaves—and particularly the tendency of current models to underestimate the intensity of these bursts of deadly, searing temperature.
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#1288652021-05-26
Climate Catalysts: Fantastic Fungi
Fungi make up a third kingdom of life on earth in addition to the animal and plant kingdoms. Recent scientific research suggests that growing plants in soil inoculated with certain species of fungi can increase the plants’ stress-tolerance and influence growth rates while sequestering greater am ...
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#1246062020-03-10
Climate Change to Drive Emperor Penguins to Extinction By 2100
Research has revealed that the effects of climate change could drive the emperor penguin to extinction by 2100 if we fail to reverse the detrimental transitions already set into motion.
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#1292092021-06-10
Climate and nature crises: solve both or solve neither, say experts
Humanity must solve the climate and nature crises together or solve neither, according to a report from 50 of the world’s leading scientists.
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#1332032022-02-15
Climate change and extreme weather will have complex effects on disease transmission
Temperature fluctuations such as heatwaves can have very different effects on infection rates and disease outcomes depending on the average background temperature, says a report published today in the journal eLife.
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#1349512022-06-08
Climate change and human exploitation to blame for historic decline in Atlantic salmon
Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed that an abrupt change in climate conditions in the North Atlantic around 800 years ago played a role in a decline in Atlantic salmon populations returning to rivers. Subsequent human exploitation of salmon combined to reduce their popula ...
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#1334302022-02-22
Climate change and the oil economy
It is a big question, and it is a troubling question. To keep the climate change goal of restricting the rise of temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius, it will be necessary to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
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#1328912022-02-02
Climate change contributes to poorer mental health: study
Concerns and anxiety over climate change are increasingly becoming mental health issues that affect people's everyday lives, a theory researchers say is supported by a new study showing the impact of record-breaking heatwaves in B.C. last summer.
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#1318082021-11-18
Climate change deniers are over attacking the science. Now they attack the solutions.
Believe it or not, it’s nearly 2022 and some people still think we shouldn’t do anything about the climate crisis. Even though most Americans understand that carbon emissions are overheating the planet and want to take action to stop it, attacks on clean energy and policies to limit carbon emiss ...
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#1245322020-03-05
Climate change impacts Nordic literature
Researchers believe literature may be a better tool to understand how people deal with the climate crisis than psychology and climate research.
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#1351582022-06-30
Climate change in ocean water may impact mangrove dispersal
International research led by Dr. Tom Van der Stocken of the VUB Biology Department examined 21st century changes in ocean-surface temperature, salinity, and density, across mangrove forests worldwide.
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#1272732021-02-23
Climate change influences biodiversity evolution of birds, study shows
A research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that the biodiversity evolution of birds had been influenced mainly by long-term climatic changes and also by the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.