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#1326852022-01-20
Black eyed peas could help eliminate need for fertilizer
Black eyed peas' ability to attract beneficial bacteria isn't diminished by modern farming practices, new UC Riverside research shows. Planting it in rotation with other crops could help growers avoid the need for costly, environmentally damaging fertilizers.
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#1326862022-01-20
How C. elegans worms avoid getting poisoned
Javier Apfeld approached the question like a worm detective. Except, instead of solving a wiggly creature's murder, the biologist was trying to understand why worms didn't die, despite a deadly toxin's common presence in the environments in which they live.
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#1326872022-01-20
Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees
Common air pollutants from both urban and rural environments may be reducing the pollinating abilities of insects by preventing them from sniffing out the crops and wildflowers that depend on them, new research has shown.
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#1326882022-01-20
Scientists find previously unknown jumping behavior in insects
A team of researchers has discovered a jumping behavior that is entirely new to insect larvae, and there is evidence that it is occurring in a range of species—we just haven't noticed it before.
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#1326892022-01-20
Historical study of Norwegian archipelago Svalbard shows rate of melting glaciers speeding up
A team of researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute, Uppsala University, Princeton University and California Institute of Technology reports that the rate of glacial melt in a Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard, is speeding up as global warming continues unabated.
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#1326912022-01-20
Gene loss due to one-sided diet: Evolutionary adaptation could be dangerous for predators
A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research investigated whether evolutionary changes in diet can result in the loss of genes, using 52 recent an ...
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#1326922022-01-20
Rethinking how valley fever spreads
Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as valley fever, is a disease caused by two species of fungi from the genus Coccidioides: C. immitis and C. posadasii. Normally found in desert soil, these fungi can cause such symptoms as fatigue, coughs, headaches, and fevers when they colonize human lungs.
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#1326082022-01-19
Humans are adapting to climate change, but not quickly enough, according to new research
The evidence is overwhelming: climate change is here, and with it come catastrophes, soaring costs, migration and now, in the face of reality, human adaptation. Across the globe, people are learning to live with a climate that is unlike the one they and generations before them experienced.
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#1326112022-01-19
Small gardens as vital as big ones for conserving bees, says study
Small gardens are as important as big gardens for conserving bees and other pollinators in UK cities, a study has found. Worldwide, bee populations are declining. Habitat destruction, pesticide use, and climate change have led to the disappearance of some pollinators, but researchers found that ...
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#1326132022-01-19
Brighton bee bricks initiative may do more harm than good, say scientists
An initiative in Brighton aimed at helping protect the bee population could do more harm than good, scientists have warned.
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#1326172022-01-19
New research collection highlights indigenous perspectives on conservation biology
A collection of 17 papers in Pacific Conservation Biology aims to transform the field of conservation biology. The special issue titled "Transforming Conservation Biology Through indigenous Perspectives," edited by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) researchers Kawika Winter and Melissa Price, ...
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#1326212022-01-19
Smart soil bugs offer farmers an ecofriendly route to controlling crop diseases
An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.
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#1326222022-01-19
Giant panda’s gut bacteria help it remain chubby despite bamboo diet, researchers say
Giant pandas stay chubby and health despite a low-quality bamboo diet due to their gut bacteria, a study has found. Though no longer considered an endangered species, giant pandas are still considered “vulnerable,” with just 1,800 outside of captivity.
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#1326262022-01-19
How Barcoding Technology Is Rescuing Aquatic Animals
Researchers in Kenya are developing a special barcoding technology method in order to achieve a challenging and urgent goal: protecting aquatic life.
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#1326282022-01-19
Scientists Warn Tonga's Historic Volcanic Eruption May Harm Environment for Years
Scientists reviewing satellite photographs and looking to the past to anticipate the future of the isolated region warn that Tonga's enormous undersea volcanic eruption might cause long-term harm to coral reefs, eroding coasts, and disrupt fisheries.
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#1326292022-01-19
Across the boreal forest, scientists track warming’s toll
A sign hanging above the door of a giant open-top glass chamber in a remote part of Minnesota’s Marcell Experimental Forest explains why so many scientists from around the world have worked hard to get a piece of this boreal woodland.
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#1326392022-01-19
Penguin takes astounding selfie video of its diving and feeding activity
Just in time for Penguin Awareness Day (Thursday, January 20th), the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Argentina Program has released amazing underwater selfie video recently taken by a male Gentoo penguin fitted with a special camera.
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#1326402022-01-19
Fish study shows role of estrogens in sense of smell
Steroid estrogens play an important role as embryos develop a sense of smell, new research shows. The study, which examined zebrafish embryos, discovered a type of astrocyte glial cell that is new to science, and have been named estrogen responsive olfactory bulb (EROB) cells.
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#1326412022-01-19
High protein diet may harm polar bears
A high protein diet appears linked to kidney disease and shortened lifespans for captive polar bears, a relationship similarly suspected in humans, according to a review led by Washington State University wildlife biologist Charlie Robbins.
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#1326422022-01-19
Climate crisis drives Mediterranean coral populations to collapse
A new study led by teams of the Faculty of Biology, the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona has revealed that marine heatwaves associated with the climate crisis are bringing down the populations of ...
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#1326432022-01-19
Hollow fossil melanosomes suggest earliest appearance of brilliant iridescent color in bird feather
SEM and TEM observations of the feathers on an Early Cretaceous basal bird Eoconfuciusornis, from 130-million-year old lake deposits in Fengning, Hebei Province in northern China, present the earliest record of hollow melansomes from feathers.
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#1326442022-01-19
Bee appearance and behavior may be related, genetic study reveals
Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will help commercial and hobby beekeepers. A new UF/IFAS study identified genetic characteristics relevant to the production and behavioral attributes of these two key bee subspecies.
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#1326452022-01-19
Leaf oysters: The unsung heroes of estuaries are disappearing
Camouflaged by a layer of silty mud, most people probably wouldn't notice the large flat oysters lurking beneath shallow water in Australia's coastal estuaries. These are remarkable "leaf oysters," and they can form reefs, produce mauve pearls, and reach the size of a dinner plate.
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#1326472022-01-19
Secret life of sponges
Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world's oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification.
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#1326482022-01-19
Scientists predict Tonga ash-seawater cocktail will be toxic hazard
Following an underwater volcano eruption on Saturday, Tonga has suffered significant damage and is blanketed in ash that closed runways and threatens water supplies.
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#1326492022-01-19
Particles formed in boreal forests affect clouds in the troposphere
A study shows that through aerosol formation and growth, the forests are capable of mitigating climate change and have a regional effect on the climate of an entire continent at the most.
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#1326502022-01-19
Tonga eruption: we are watching for ripples of it in space
The ongoing volcanic eruption in Tonga began in December 2021, but it wasn't until 5:15pm local time on January 15 2022 that the powerful explosion occurred. It generated an enormous cloud of ash, earthquakes, and tsunamis that reached as far as the distant coastlines of Peru on the other side o ...
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#1326512022-01-19
Direct linkage between intensified volcanism and immediate weathering
The Triassic-Jurassic transition (~ 201 Ma) saw one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions during the Phanerozoic, namely the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP), and it has been suggested to have triggered a series of environmental/climatic perturbations which eventually caused the e ...
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#1326522022-01-19
The 'other side' of Amazon forest drought
New findings published by MSU researchers examine how climate change shapes the future of the world's largest rainforest and the impacts drought has on the forest growing on various soil water and water table conditions.
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#1326532022-01-19
Scientists urge quick, deep, sweeping changes to halt and reverse dangerous biodiversity loss
Halting, then reversing the dangerous, ongoing loss of Earth's plant and animal diversity requires far more than an expanded global system of protected areas of land and seas, scientists warned today.
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#1325742022-01-18
Scientists warn Tonga eruption may damage environment for years
The huge volcanic eruption in the Pacific island nation of Tonga could cause long-lasting damage to coral reefs, erode coastlines and disrupt fisheries, scientists studying satellite images have warned.
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#1325832022-01-18
Here’s how science is trying to conserve the monarch butterfly’s forests
For several weeks in 2015, the sound of chainsaws cutting down trees was incessant in the Angangueo municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. When a group of people tried to stop the deforestation, it was already too late: 10 hectares (25 acres) of forest had already been destroyed on hill ...
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#1325912022-01-18
Why did ocean productivity decline abruptly 4.6 million years ago?
By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when and why a period often referred to as the 'biogenic bloom' came to an abrupt end. Changes in the shape of the Earth's orbit a ...
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#1325922022-01-18
Why are zebra mussels so sticky? Study may lead to new industrial coatings, medical adhesives
A water tank full of coin-sized invertebrates may not be the first thing you'd expect to see in a materials science and engineering research lab.
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#1325932022-01-18
Australian dragons' gender determined by epigenetic differences
A team of Australian geneticists has discovered the gene that determines the sex of dragon lizards works differently from the way sex genes work in other animals.
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#1325942022-01-18
Earth BioGenome Project begins genome sequencing in earnest
A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full-scale production sequencing.
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#1325952022-01-18
Understanding rare rain events in the driest desert on Earth
In the enduring dryness of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile where the average rainfall is as low as 5 millimeters per year, rare rain events can come swiftly and intensely.
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#1325962022-01-18
Climate change threatens future Winter Olympics
Climate change will limit where the Winter Olympics can be held as winter changes across the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Waterloo.
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#1325372022-01-17
Why satellites are key to understanding Pacific volcano
When an enormous underwater volcanic eruption occurred in the South Pacific near Tonga on Saturday, satellites were in position to capture what had happened.
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#1325402022-01-17
Trail of African bling reveals 50,000-year-old social network
Scientists have uncovered the world’s oldest social network, a web of connections that flourished 50,000 years ago and stretched for thousands of miles across Africa.
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#1325412022-01-17
Tonga volcanic eruption: What happened, what we know and the aftermath of destruction
The powerful eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcano sent tsunami waves around the world on Saturday as increased water levels were reported in Peru, New Zealand, Japan and the United States.
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#1325422022-01-17
Scientists struggle to collect info from Tonga volcano after massive eruption
Scientists are struggling to monitor an active volcano that erupted off the South Pacific island of Tonga at the weekend, after the explosion destroyed its sea-level crater and drowned its mass, obscuring it from satellites.
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#1325432022-01-17
Tonga calls for ‘immediate aid’ after volcanic eruption, tsunami
Tonga is calling for “immediate aid”, with an urgent need for fresh water and food, as it assesses the damage caused by Saturday’s eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai.
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#1325542022-01-17
Is there a difference between aging and getting old?
Some creatures don't age in the same way that humans do, implying that getting old does not necessarily lead to declining health. This is according to a new study focused on fish aging led by an international team of biologists—the findings of which have just been published in Proceedings of the ...
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#1325552022-01-17
How cadmium affects larval flounder under seawater acidification
Seawater acidification is a major threat to both calcifying and non-calcifying marine organisms, mostly affecting the immune system and biomineralization or the acid-base regulatory system.
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#1325562022-01-17
Waves from the Tonga tsunami are still being felt in Australia, and even a 50cm surge could knock you off your feet
The eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai created a tsunami felt across the Pacific Ocean. This includes Australia, where small but measurable tsunami waves were still being recorded as late as Monday afternoon. These may even persist into Tuesday morning.
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#1325572022-01-17
Dimming Sun's rays should be off-limits, say experts
Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth's surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said on Monday.
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#1325582022-01-17
Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'significant damage'
A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific caused "significant damage" to the island nation's capital and smothered it in dust, but the full extent was unclear with communications still hampered Monday.
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#1325592022-01-17
Detailing lake trout reproductive response to sea lamprey parasitism
Newly published research from MSU scientists details the reproductive response of two types of Michigan lake trout found in Lake Superior—siscowets and leans—to sea lamprey parasitism, and the results coincide with a long-held evolutionary theory.
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#1325642022-01-17
Humans have climate change to thank for the shape of our teeth, fossil reveals
A 300 million-year-old fossil found in the US is shedding new light on how climate change shaped the way our teeth look today. Researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, say this newly discovered extinct reptile species reveals the earliest known origins of mammals’ incisors, canines and molars.