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#1194092019-01-16
Tanzania forest to be protected as a result of major scientific discoveries
The United Republic of Tanzania has announced it will protect a globally unique forest ecosystem in East Africa, following research that demonstrated it is under threat from illegal activities including tree-cutting for charcoal and the poaching of elephants and other animals.
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#1194102019-01-16
Using satellites to measure rates of ice mass loss in glaciers
If you compare historical photos of glaciers with those taken more recently, you can see that where there was formerly ice, there is now very often nothing but rock. Geographers, however, are less interested in the area covered by a glacier, and more interested in its mass.
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#1194122019-01-16
Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier
Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, just west of Greenland. A collaborative team of researchers from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Tokyo, Japan, a ...
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#1194662019-01-17
Soil bacteria found to produce mosquito repelling chemical stronger than DEET
A trio of researchers at the University of Wisconsin has discovered that a common soil bacterium produces a chemical that is more effective in repelling mosquitoes than DEET. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Mayur Kajla, Gregory Barrett-Wilt and Susan Paskewitz describe ...
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#1194972019-01-18
Bee surveys in newest US national park could aid pollinator studies elsewhere
Declines in native bee populations are widely reported, but can existing data really analyze these trends? In the Jan. 17, 2019, online edition of PLOS One, Utah State University and USDA researchers report findings about pollinator biodiversity in California's Pinnacles National Park derived fr ...
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#1195022019-01-18
Biomimicry Gives a Lift to AI in Aviation
Who among us hasn’t stared up at a hawk or a vulture circling lazily in the sky and wondered how they stay aloft so long? Or wondered how sky-darkening flocks of migrating birds can travel thousands of miles so quickly and so effortlessly?
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#1195092019-01-18
Unraveling of 58-year-old corn gene mystery may have plant-breeding implications
In discovering a mutant gene that "turns on" another gene responsible for the red pigments sometimes seen in corn, researchers solved an almost six-decades-old mystery with a finding that may have implications for plant breeding in the future.
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#1195202019-01-21
Cane toads: What they do in the shadows
Cane toads are picking up some shady habits, according to a new study co-authored by a Macquarie University researcher. Toads in Western Australia have been spotted awake and active during the day in deeply shaded habitats, despite the species usually being nocturnal in Australia and other parts ...
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#1195212019-01-21
Ecological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
Switching off street lights to save money and energy could have a positive knock-on effect on our nocturnal pollinators, according to new research.
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#1195362019-01-22
Sponges In The Great Barrier Reef Act As Ecological Indicators
Marine sponges are interesting organisms in the coral reef ecosystem that seems to survive in extreme environmental conditions. Sponges are the simplest and primitive animals that host varied other groups including microorganisms and are popular in producing life-saving “wonder-drugs” for malari ...
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#1195432019-01-23
Climate change will affect the ratio of male-to-female newborns, scientists say.
Global warming will have a variety of effects on our planet, yet it may also directly impact our human biology, research suggests.Specifically, climate change could alter the proportion of male and female newborns, with more boys born in places where temperatures rise and fewer boys born in plac ...
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#1195542019-01-23
A single gene turns socially organized bees into social parasites
A small change in the genetic makeup of the South African Cape bee turns the socially organised animal into a fighting parasite. This change ensures that infertile worker bees begin to lay their own eggs and fight other colonies.
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#1195552019-01-23
Copy cats: When is a bobcat not a bobcat?
Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of wild cats for their research, have answered that question.Their recently published study explains how hard it can be when it comes to wildlife classification—even experts have difficulty agreeing on whether a cat in a picture is ...
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#1195562019-01-23
Research reveals new species are evolving fastest in Antarctica
New research published in Nature overturns previous theories about how the stunning biodiversity of the oceans evolved, with important implications for conservation.
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#1195582019-01-24
Climate drives link between forest biodiversity and productivity
Some ecologists believe that species richness is positively related to ecosystem productivity, while others conclude that the relationship is bell-shaped or they are unrelated. Using big data, Purdue University scientists now know which theory is correct—all of them.
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#1195802019-01-25
Wild about wilderness: The dreadful dangers of the definition deluge
Five countries hold 70 percent of the world’s natural ecosystems, according to an article published in the journal Nature by researcher James Watson and colleagues.
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#1195812019-01-25
Ethiopia: Experts Urge Collaboration to Improve Wildlife Conservation in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa — Experts have urged for collaborative works to improve wildlife conservation and ease challenges in the sector. Shared responsibility from the government, private sector and other stakeholder is necessary to preserve the country's wildlife and parks, they said.
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#1195912019-01-25
Working together for Amazonia
This month, President Jair Bolsonaro took office in Brazil. He must now lead a country that is undergoing its worst recession and political divisions in a generation—a daunting time to take up the reins.
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#1195932019-01-25
Why biodiversity among marine mammals and birds generally rises in cold, temperate waters
In ecology, the diversity of species generally increases as you move toward the warmer latitudes of the tropics.A new study explores a curious exception to this trend, examining why biodiversity rises in cold, temperate waters among warm-blooded marine predators such as whales, seals and penguins.
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#1195942019-01-25
Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground
Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored in underground rocks, even if geological faults are present, research has confirmed.
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#1195952019-01-25
Scientists nail down important plant compound pathway
Purdue University plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and colleagues have described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound important for all living organisms.
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#1195962019-01-25
Ecologists create a new model to predict extinction risk
A new population viability model, with an accompanying web app, is helping scientists to better forecast population changes and extinction risk for imperiled species. The method was developed by ecologists at the University of Georgia River Basin Center with support from NASA and the help of fed ...
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#1196042019-01-25
Mystery of ‘headhunting’ ants solved
In the late 1950s, researchers in Florida made a macabre and perplexing discovery: ants known as Formica archboldi were decking out their nests with the severed heads of much larger and more aggressive trap-jaw ants. Ever since the discovery, the bizarre behaviour has puzzled entomologists – jus ...
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#1196312019-01-28
How sponges undermine coral reefs from within
Coral reefs are demolished from within by bio-eroding sponges. Seeking refuge from predators, these sponges bore tunnels into the carbonate coral structures, thus weakening the reefs. Scientists from the Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research have uncovered how the sponges hollow out ...
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#1196332019-01-28
'Superbug gene' found in one of the most remote places on Earth
Antibiotic-Resistant Genes (ARGs) that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the last 'pristine' places on earth, a new study has shown.
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#1196372019-01-28
The GM chickens that lay eggs with anti-cancer drugs
Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are 100 times cheaper to produce when laid than when manufactured in factories.
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#1196382019-01-28
There’s a Subterranean Biosphere Hiding in the Earth’s Crust and It’s Massive
This mysterious new ecosystem is being called the ‘subterranean galapagos’ and it’s almost twice the size of earth’s oceans. We’ve never seen anything like it.
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#1196562019-01-29
Warming seas may increase frequency of extreme storms
A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century.
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#1196582019-01-29
Lobsters and crabs, here to save the oceans
While attempts to reduce plastic usage have taken many forms, including McGill’s plastic water bottle ban and much ado about straws, some McGill researchers are approaching the situation from a different angle, by replacing the controversial polymers with biodegradable alternatives.
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#1196602019-01-29
Major expedition targets Thwaites Glacier
The US icebreaker Nathaniel B Palmer leaves Punta Arenas in Chile on Tuesday to begin an expedition to Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier. The huge ice stream in West Antarctica is currently melting, and scientists want to understand its likely future contribution to sea-level rise.
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#1196652019-01-29
Bees can learn the difference between European and Australian Indigenous art styles in a single afternoon
We've known for a while that honey bees are smart cookies. They have excellent navigation skills, they communicate symbolically through dance, and they're the only insects that have been shown to learn abstract concepts.
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#1196662019-01-29
Seal behaviour to inform on rising sea levels
Seal behaviour in the Antarctic will be studied by academics from the University of St Andrews to find out how fast a massive glacier is melting.
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#1196682019-01-29
Huge step forward in decoding genomes of small species
For the first time, scientists have read the whole genetic code of one single tiny mosquito. Traditionally, it has been difficult to extract enough DNA from insects and other small organisms to build a high quality genome for a single individual.
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#1196932019-01-31
The Ocean’s Gateway to Antarctica
The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC), which rings the continent, is a fascinating ocean flow for its local, regional, and global influence. A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the spatial and temporal variability of the ASC and its influence on the global climate system. Here, the aut ...
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#1197012019-01-31
Solving the mystery of Serengeti's vanishing wild dogs
In 1991, a strange thing happened in the wilds of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.The Serengeti, a World Heritage Site, is home to a spectacular range of carnivores, from lions to cheetahs and more. And with more than 1.5 million zebras, wildebeests and gazelles making annual migrations acros ...
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#1197152019-02-01
Grasslands in shambles as plantations shroud them
The Western Ghats, renowned for its mesmerising beauty, lofty mountains, dense forests and rolling grasslands, is losing all of it in the past few years. Multiple studies have shown the changes in the ecosystem resulting from various reasons and have linked them to devastating consequences like ...
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#1197242019-02-01
Climate change might not slow ocean circulation as much as thought
New findings from an international ocean observing network are calling into question the longstanding idea that global warming might slow down a big chunk of the ocean’s “conveyor belt.”
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#1197312019-02-01
Study shows lungless salamanders' skin expresses protein crucial for lung function
For decades, scientists have assumed that the hundreds of species of salamanders that lack lungs actually "breathe" through their skin and the lining of the mouth, and Harvard researchers are providing the first concrete evidence for how they do it.
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#1197352019-02-01
Grad student finds adding fresh carbon to permafrost triggers carbon loss
Permafrost underlies nearly 85 percent of Alaska and nearly a quarter of the landmass in the northern hemisphere. This perennially frozen soil contains twice as much carbon as is found in the Earth's atmosphere. Since the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, understanding c ...
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#1197362019-02-01
How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after 'Snowball Earth'
Around 635 to 720 million years ago, during Earth's most severe glacial period, the Earth was twice almost completely covered by ice, according to current hypotheses. The question of how life survived these "Snowball Earth' glaciations, lasting up to about 50 million years, has occupied the most ...
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#1197402019-02-04
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
The findings provide fresh evidence of the fragility of marine ecosystems and lend weight to the scientific case for creating the Ascension Island Ocean Sanctuary (AIOS), set to be one of the largest fully protected reserves in the Atlantic Ocean.
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#1197472019-02-04
Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest
For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according to a study of 32,000 butterflies by researchers at Linköping University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala. The results provide important knowledge ab ...
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#1197542019-02-04
Do birds prefer the quiet countryside over cities?
Researchers across the globe are reporting about the negative impacts of urbanisation on biodiversity, and even birds are unable to fly away from this danger. In a recent study, researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Aarhus Univers ...
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#1197552019-02-04
Carbon, climate, and North America's oldest boreal trees
In an age of unprecedented high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, the question of whether or not plants and trees can utilize excess carbon through photosynthesis is one of paramount importance. Researchers have observed what has been called the CO2 fertilization effect, whereby plants' rates o ...
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#1197562019-02-04
The humble spade flower moonlights as the 'love shrub'
If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade flower, a member of the violet family. Spade flowers grow under the semi-shade of open eucalypt forest, among other little green herbaceous plants.
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#1197642019-02-05
'Eavesdropping' technology used to protect one of New Zealand's rarest birds
Remote recording devices used to 'eavesdrop' on a reintroduced population of one of New Zealand's rarest birds have been heralded as a breakthrough for conservation.
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#1197662019-02-05
Seaweed prospers with a little kelp from its friends
Adult kelp seaweed engineers its environment to optimise conditions for juvenile species members, Australian researchers have established.
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#1198042019-02-06
'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefs
Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs under threat from ocean warming and bleaching events, according to researchers.
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#1198062019-02-06
Polar vortex: The science behind the cold
The polar vortex, a swirl of low-pressure air six miles up in the atmosphere, blasted much of the American Midwest and Northeast in late January 2019 with temperatures cold enough to bring on frostbite within minutes.
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#1198072019-02-06
How hunting for crabs in a museum unlocked secrets of their evolution
Games can help people engage with science outside of the traditional realm of research and academia. And using games in ecological research is on the rise, helping ecologists answer questions they’d never be able to in a laboratory experiment. This is particularly true when it comes to answering ...