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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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#1330882022-02-10
Epigenetic effects of pollution persist for multiple generations in water fleas
A new study led by University of Liverpool researchers has shown that the effects of pollutants can be transmitted over many generations in water fleas and may persist long enough to influence the evolutionary process.
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#1330902022-02-10
Dogs can be trained to sniff out COVID-19: A team of forensic researchers explain the science
With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The human nose, by comparison, contains only around 6 million scent receptors. Dog brains also devote 40% more brain space than humans to analyzing odors.
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#1330912022-02-10
Fossils excavated in the 1960s add missing link to crocodile evolution
A set of Triassic archosaur fossils, excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania, have been formally recognized as a distinct species, representing one of the earliest-known members of the crocodile evolutionary lineage.
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#1330922022-02-10
Injuries to Zambian lions and leopards caused by shotguns and wires snares greatly underestimated
The incidence of lion and leopard injuries caused by humans in Zambia is much higher than previously thought. Using a simple forensic examination technique, researchers found that injuries from entanglement in wire snares are present in 37% of lions and 22% of leopards in Zambia, while 27% of li ...
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#1330932022-02-10
Researchers show that generalist species are 'jack of all trades and masters of all'
Life has two choices: Survive or go extinct. And surviving isn't easy. Scientists often debate why species become specialized or generalized in regard to their diet. Specialist species may be better able to procure food by hunting prey or selecting leaves.
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#1330942022-02-10
Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies grown at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden have unraveled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
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#1330952022-02-10
Babies in bike trailers exposed to higher levels of pollutants than their parents, study finds
Babies and children sitting in bicycle trailers breathe in more polluted air than the adults riding the bikes that pull them—but trailer covers can help halve air pollution levels, according to research from the University of Surrey.
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#1330962022-02-10
Scientists Can Spy Shrimp Eggs from Space
By analyzing the light it reflects, scientists can say whether that floating blob in a satellite image is made up of plastic, shrimp, seaweed, or something else.
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#1330302022-02-09
Identify A-ha moments to trigger fast climate action, say UK scientists
Tipping points could be identified and triggered to deliver fast action to tackle the climate crisis, according to an analysis led by an academic at Exeter University.
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#1330412022-02-09
Seaweed removal helps coral babies thrive
Marine scientists have found removing macroalgae from reefs can help coral larvae settle and has great possibilities as a citizen-science project to help coral reefs survive.
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#1330432022-02-09
Research shows how Mars lost its oceans
It is a well-known fact that Mars once had oceans in part due to a protective magnetic field similar to Earth's. The layer of ice on the cap of the planet says it all. However, the magnetic field disappeared, and a new research may finally be able to explain why.
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#1330442022-02-09
Accidental implosion yields new measurement for ocean's deepest point
A faint pop punctuated the sound of crashing waves—the first hint something was amiss. Sitting on board the R.V. Falkor in December 2014, David Barclay heard the sound through headphones plugged into an underwater microphone on the ship's hull.
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#1330472022-02-09
Fishing, pollution and rising temperatures: How marine science can help us save the oceans
A healthy sea determines the planet's balance and, in turn, the health and well-being of its people. That is why ocean science has never played a more vital role, helping us to grasp today's deterioration of the world's biggest ecosystem—and find solutions.
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#1330482022-02-09
Co-occurring droughts could threaten global food security
Droughts occurring at the same time across different regions of the planet could place an unprecedented strain on the global agricultural system and threaten the water security of millions of people, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change.
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#1330492022-02-09
Rethinking how to measure methane's climate impact
Like boxers whose punching power declines over their careers, greenhouse gasses lose their warming impact at different rates. So, to compare gasses' climate changing potential to the most common greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide—international negotiators often use a metric that measures their influe ...
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#1330502022-02-09
COP26 deal sparks hope for positive tipping points
The Breakthrough Agenda agreed at COP26 could help trigger positive tipping points to tackle the climate crisis, researchers say.
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#1330512022-02-09
Genomic surveillance helps prepare for rabies outbreaks in bats
The COVID-19 pandemic and the significant impact of emerging variants have shown the importance of understanding viruses in as much detail as possible.
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#1330522022-02-09
Genes that may be helping bumblebees adapt to environmental change pinpointed
Researchers studying bumblebee genomes have identified genes thought to be helping bees overcome environmental challenges, such as climate change.
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#1330532022-02-09
Higher temperatures may decrease antidepressant pollution in waterways
A new study led by Monash University biologists has found that higher temperatures may reduce effects of antidepressant pollution on wildlife.
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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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#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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#1330562022-02-09
A proposal to use electric charges to encourage raindrops to form in clouds
A quartet of researchers, three with the University of Reading, the other with the University of Oxford, reports evidence that sending an electric charge into a rain-free cloud could result in the formation of raindrops.
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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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#1329952022-02-08
Research on Olive Biodiversity Is Key to Tackling Climate Change
“In recent years, there has been increasing interest in characterizing and cataloging the olive varieties,” said Claudio Cantini, the head of the Institute for BioEconomy of the National Research Council’s (IBE-CNR) Santa Paolina experimental farm, in Follonica.
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#1330002022-02-08
Cautiously optimistic: Study looks at riskiest tree disease spreaders, finds none
Scientists seek answers through research, but sometimes, a lack of findings can be good news. A recent University of Florida-led study involving tree diseases uncovered no remarkable threats to common Southeastern United States trees, and the lead researcher says to file it as a cautiously optim ...
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#1330052022-02-08
Who's responsible for roadside rubbish?
New research reveals that items in litter typically originate less than two miles from where they're found—and unless humans remove them, most of these items will never leave the environment.
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#1330062022-02-08
Improperly discarded surgical masks threaten the marine ecosystem and food chain
Surgical masks have been part of essential personal protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the inappropriate disposal of surgical masks can cause serious microplastic pollution, equivalent to seriously polluting more than 54,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools of seawater annually, resea ...
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#1330072022-02-08
The fastest population growth in the West's wildland fringes is in ecosystems most vulnerable to wildfires
The view from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Southern California can be beautiful—pine forests and chaparral spill across an often rugged landscape. But as more people build homes in this area, where development gets into wild land, they're facing some of the highest risks for wildfires i ...
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#1330082022-02-08
Developing methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills
Most people think about trash for 30 seconds a week—the amount of time it takes them to bring their garbage bin to the curb.
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#1330092022-02-08
Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought
Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But figuring out just how much ice they hold—and how much water will be available as glaciers shrink in a warming world—has been notoriously difficult.
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#1330122022-02-08
Genome of Steller's sea cow decoded
During the Ice Age, giant mammals such as mammoths, saber-toothed cats and wooly rhinoceroses once roamed Northern Europe and America. The cold oceans of the northern hemisphere were also home to giants like Steller's sea cow, which grew up to eight meters long and weighed up to ten tons, and ha ...
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#1330142022-02-08
We've decoded the numbat genome – and it could bring the thylacine's resurrection a step closer
It used to be the stuff of science fiction: bringing a long-dead species back from extinction by painstakingly piecing together its full DNA sequence, or genome.
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#1330152022-02-08
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
The hawksbill sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, its shell ashen and stomach taut. A week ago, the adolescent turtle washed up on a beach in Kalba, a city on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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#1330162022-02-08
High-potential vorticity systems over Tibetan Plateau contribute to record-breaking rainfall around Yangtze River
The Yangtze River Valley experienced several disastrous rainfall events throughout the record-breaking Meiyu season in 2020. However, the mechanism of the extreme precipitation over the upper reaches of the Yangtze River remains unclear.
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#1330172022-02-08
New 'vertical map' of airborne microorganisms indicates how global warming will impact global ecosystems
In a landmark study of airborne microorganisms from ground level up to 3,500 meters, scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that bacteria and fungi populate the planet's l ...
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#1330182022-02-08
New fossil reveals origin of arthropod breathing system
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new fossil that reveals the origin of gills in arthropods.
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#1330192022-02-08
Unique seagrass nursery aims to help Florida's starving manatees
The manatee population in Florida was largely impacted last year. More than 1,000 of them died in 2021, due mostly to starvation. They consume about 100 pounds of seagrass a day, and this staple food is now scarce in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, a 156-mile-long estuary along the state's east c ...
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#1330202022-02-08
Gabon provides blueprint for protecting oceans
Gabon's network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) provides a blueprint that could be used in many other countries, experts say. Since announcing a new MPA network in 2014, Gabon has created 20 protected areas—increasing protection of Gabonese waters from less than 1% to 26%.
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#1329702022-02-07
Deluge of dog pee and poo harming nature reserves, study suggests
Dog faeces and urine are being deposited in nature reserves in such quantities that it is likely to be damaging wildlife, according to a new study.
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#1329762022-02-07
Beat mosquito bites wearing these colors
Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring and summer could hinge on your attire and skin, suggests a new study.
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#1329382022-02-04
Love of nature is in the genes, say scientists
A person’s love of nature is partially inherited, a large-scale study of twins has found. Scientists from the National University of Singapore studied how much time twins spent in natural spaces compared with each other and found that they shared a similar level of desire to be in nature.
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#1329392022-02-04
‘Carbon footprint gap’ between rich and poor expanding, study finds
Wealthy people have disproportionately large carbon footprints and the percentage of the world’s emissions they are responsible for is growing, a study has found.
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#1329402022-02-04
Top cat: why the puma is a leading influencer in the animal kingdom
From the Canadian Rockies to Patagonia, pumas have the largest terrestrial range of any mammal in the Americas. Now, a new study has reported the web of life these elusive cats support, showing how they are connected to more than 485 other species, from eagles feeding on their carrion to elk imp ...
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#1329422022-02-04
First-ever study looks at glacial lakes, dams in Alaska and potential for flooding
Brianna Rick, a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences at Colorado State University, has been conducting research in Alaska for several years. She's developed an interest in studying glacial lakes, bodies of water that form near glaciers, which can impact glacier behavior and drain ca ...
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#1329432022-02-04
Forecasting landslides from space
Landslides are devastating and often unpredictable. In 2017, without warning, a catastrophic landslide hit Xinmo Village in Southwest China, engulfing homes in an avalanche of rock and mud and burying dozens of people alive.
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#1329442022-02-04
Mosquitoes are seeing red: These new findings about their vision could help you hide from these disease vectors
Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring and summer could hinge on your attire and your skin. New research led by scientists at the University of Washington indicates that a common mosquito species—after detecting a telltale gas that we exhale—flies toward specific colors, including red, orang ...
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#1329452022-02-04
Rice production depends on TAB1 gene, researchers find
Rice has long been a staple food for more than half the global population. The United Nations even declared 2004 the International Year of Rice to raise awareness and encourage action to protect and advance the crop for a rapidly growing population.
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#1329462022-02-04
Underwater 'breathing' plants could be key to stress-resistant crops
Wetland plants have a high tolerance against flooding due to the formation of "lysigenous aerenchyma," air channels that help transfer gases to the submerged roots.
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#1329492022-02-04
Sowing pollinator habitat seeds that grow where they're planted
When it comes to establishing prairies that support pollinators on reclaimed industrial land, a new study suggests native plant diversity matters less than seeding species with the ability to persist in poor soils.