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#1353092022-07-12
In restoring polluted rivers, Indonesia looks at restocking endemic fish
Indonesia — A muddy flood polluting a river on the Indonesian island of Java earlier this year depleted its fish stock, raising calls for restoration and restocking efforts in the body of water that empties out into the Indian Ocean.
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#1353102022-07-12
Habitat shifts affect brain structure in Amazonian butterflies
Habitat differences help determine changes in the nervous system of tropical butterflies, scientists at the University of Bristol have found.
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#1353112022-07-12
IPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes
The assessment unveils important findings. It reveals that decision-making processes that support representation and consideration of diverse values and integrate indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge have more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes.
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#1353122022-07-12
Bumblebees kept in isolation make up for it by being more social later
A new study shows that social isolation changes the behavior and brain development of bumblebees, but not in the way researchers expected.
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#1353132022-07-12
Rich nations caused climate harm to poorer ones, study says
In calculations designed to help nations hurt by climate change get compensation for decades of carbon pollution from rich, high-emitting nations, researchers have calculated just how much losses and benefits each country has caused to others.
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#1353142022-07-12
Crew aboard private yacht confirm sighting of bioluminescent 'milky sea'
An atmospheric scientist with Colorado State University has gained confirmation of his discovery of a bioluminescent "milky sea" event through testimony of a crew aboard a private yacht.
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#1353152022-07-12
Scientists identify mechanism responsible for fruit and seed development in flowering plants
With rising global temperatures and dwindling pollinator populations, food production has become increasingly difficult for the world's growers.
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#1353162022-07-12
How stressed-out plants produce their own aspirin
Plants protect themselves from environmental hazards like insects, drought and heat by producing salicylic acid, also known as aspirin. A new understanding of this process may help plants survive increasing stress caused by climate change.
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#1353172022-07-12
First major dolphin DNA study
The first widespread census of the genetic diversity of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) populations living along 3000km of Australia's southern coastline has raised key pointers for future conservation efforts.
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#1353182022-07-12
Climate change exacerbates violence against women and girls
It is estimated that 80 per cent of people displaced by climate change are women, according to UN Environment. When women are displaced, they are at greater risk of violence, including sexual violence, said Michele Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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#1353192022-07-12
Final destination deep sea: Microplastics' impact on ocean floor even greater than assumed
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute—Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
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#1353202022-07-12
The pace of the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy
In watching the reaction of advocates and experts to the Supreme Court's decision in EPA v. West Virginia, I was struck by their dismay that the EPA would no longer be able to implement rapid sweeping change in the nation's energy system.
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#1353212022-07-12
Rare deep-sea brine pools discovered in Red Sea
Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recently discovered rare deep-sea brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, a northern extension to the Red Sea.
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#1353232022-07-12
Africa is a treasure trove of medicinal plants: here are seven that are popular
Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants.
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#1353222022-07-12
Scientists suggest naming heatwaves as part of early warning system to save lives
The U.K. should name heatwaves as part of an effective early warning system to protect the most vulnerable, says leading U.K. scientists.
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#1353252022-07-12
Minister Guilbeault pleads for a global agreement on biodiversity
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault. The Federal Minister of the Environment has completed a two-day tour of Washington during which he hammered home the need for a global agreement to halt the “alarming rate” of biodiversity loss .
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#1352612022-07-11
Illegal Trade in Wild Species Could Be $199 Billion Market: Report
Main article: Blinded by greed, human beings have literally dug their graves as their indiscriminate consumption gravely impacted the natural ecosystem over the years.
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#1352622022-07-11
GDP and market metrics selling nature and climate change short, warn scientists
The focus of the report by IPBES - the body that covers biodiversity as the IPCC does climate change - is to highlight the vast array of ways in which different people value nature
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#1352632022-07-11
Biodiversity science–policy panel calls for broadening value-of-nature concepts in sustainable development
The Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Summary for Policy Makers of the Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature on 9 July 2022 in its ninth plenary meeting in Bonn, Germany.
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#1352642022-07-11
Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn
IPBES research calls for science-based valuation of nature to be placed at the heart of economic decision-making in order to reverse the biodiversity crisis
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#1352652022-07-11
15 Issues That Could Greatly Impact Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
Researchers have listed fifteen areas of concern, emphasizing the need to tackle these issues. Examples include the mining of lithium from the deep sea, exploitation of species found in deeper waters, and the unforeseen effects of wildfires across different ecosystems.
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#1352662022-07-11
Seal of approval? Rescue services warn approaching Australian marine wildlife can be fraught
If you ever stumble upon a seal pup far from home, best leave it alone and call for help. Humans (and their dogs) can pose a danger to seals, and the marine mammals can give humans tuberculosis.
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#1352672022-07-11
Biodiversity: Wild species can help feed the world
Biodiversity experts are calling for the preservation of often endangered wild species, which could provide food and income for billions worldwide.
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#1352682022-07-11
What the SCOTUS ruling on EPA and emissions means for climate change
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its ruling on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), limiting the EPA's authority under a provision of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector.
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#1352692022-07-11
WHO Examines the Effects of Climate Change on Mental Health
Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a policy report to confront the increasingly strong and lasting impacts that climate change is having directly and indirectly on people's mental health and psychosocial well-being.
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#1352702022-07-11
Can you pay an elephant to fight climate change?
Countries and businesses pay billions of dollars to offset their carbon dioxide emissions, transferring money to projects like forest or wetland restoration. But these markets have generally ignored wildlife, which are often critically important to the growth of their ecosystems.
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#1352712022-07-11
The EPA needs to retool its fight against climate pollution. Here’s how.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the EPA did not have the authority under the Clean Air Act to decide which energy sources would be prioritized. Essentially, this means that EPA cannot curb carbon emission through “generation shifting.”
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#1352732022-07-11
How climate change is making extreme weather a regular occurrence
Torrential rains in Japan, record-breaking heatwaves in Europe, and recurring droughts in the western US. For the second year in a row the start of summer in the northern hemisphere has been marked by extreme weather. To what extent is global warming to blame?
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#1352742022-07-11
Colorful new corals bedeck the busy waters off Hong Kong, study shows
In the eastern waters off Hong Kong, a group of scientists searching for coral-eating nudibranchs stumbled upon a colorful surprise: three new species of sun corals. These orange, purple and green corals belong to the genus Tubastraea, bringing the known members of this coral group from seven sp ...
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#1352752022-07-11
Natural regeneration and women-led initiatives help drive Atlantic Forest Pact
When she was 6 years old, Ludmila Pugliese de Siqueira moved with her family to the state of Amazonas in northeastern Brazil. Her father was a geologist and worked on the construction of the Balbina Dam in the 1980s.
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#1352762022-07-11
Evidence of stronger overturning circulation in the Pacific during the last glacial period
Located between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is an important but so far neglected component of the global ocean conveyor belt.
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#1352772022-07-11
Austria and Hungary fight nature to stop lake vanishing
Kitesurfers and windsurfers dot picturesque Lake Neusiedl on the Austrian-Hungarian border –- but the water is so low some get stuck in the mud.
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#1352782022-07-11
Nanocellulose may help wild blueberry yield when applied with fertilizer, study finds
Nanocellulose may help increase the yield from wild blueberry plants when used with liquid fertilizer applied to leaves, according to a new University of Maine study.
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#1352792022-07-11
Education system 'neglecting the importance of plants,' say researchers
People are becoming "disconnected from the botanical world" at a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, warn a group of research scientists.
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#1352802022-07-11
Global warming may not be as bad for animal reproduction as thought, study suggests
Animals are more likely to mate in warmer environments, a study analyzing the impact of climate change on reproductive behavior has found.
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#1352812022-07-11
Root-farming gophers might be our closest agricultural relatives
Although you'll probably never see them, you can spot them by the tell-tale mounds of sandy soil dotting a field: pocket gophers. Beneath your feet, the gophers continuously create and remold a labyrinth of winding tunnels hundreds of feet long.
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#1352822022-07-11
Scientists uncover the 'romantic journey' of plant reproduction
Researchers in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology (PMB) have uncovered the intricate molecular processes that precede reproduction in flowering plants.
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#1352832022-07-11
Ancestral genetic variation essential for rapid evolution of Darwin's finches
In a study, published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers have identified 28 gene regions that have been particularly important in the evolution of Darwin's finches.
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#1352842022-07-11
Study provides novel evolutionary insights into unisexual reproductive success
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus, unisexual taxa are commonly considered an evolutionary dead end.
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#1352852022-07-11
Biogeographical patterns of bacterial communities and their antibiotic resistomes in inland waters of Southeast China
A recent study by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered the distinct biogeographical patterns of bacterial communities and ARG (antibiotic resistance genes) profiles in inland waters of southeast China under low-anthropogenic impact at a large scale.
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#1352862022-07-11
Examining the complex family relationships of ancient gobies
An international team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has managed to classify fossils of one of the most species-rich fish groups into a family tree for the first time.
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#1352872022-07-11
Rebound for bird on brink of extinction
A recent survey in northern Victoria uncovered a record number of plains wanderers—small, quail-like birds that live only in eastern Australia grasslands, and represent an ancient lineage of birds that evolved in Gondwana more than 100 million years ago.
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#1352882022-07-11
Weather extremes to change future farming
The agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair, along with more flexible land use, to provide secondary income and to combat weather extremes such as floods and drought, according to new research.
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#1352892022-07-11
Why is it so hot in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and what are the dangers?
The UK and continental Europe are sweltering in a heatwave due to last until at least the weekend, and the climate crisis is playing a clear role in intensifying extreme temperatures.
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#1352902022-07-11
Firefighters attempt to save giant sequoias as Yosemite wildfire grows
A grove containing some of the world’s oldest giant sequoia trees is under threat from a rapidly growing wildfire at California’s Yosemite national park.
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#1352912022-07-11
What’s worse for the planet than millions of vans delivering shopping? Millions of vans delivering air
Technically, it has been around since bananas came with skin and coconuts with shells. More recently, it has become less good, though.
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#1352602022-07-06
Nature-based solutions: How can they work for climate, biodiversity and people?
Experts gathered in Oxford this month to discuss how “nature-based solutions” can be used to tackle the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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#1352332022-07-06
Global dismay as supreme court ruling leaves Biden’s climate policy in tatters
Joe Biden’s election triggered a global surge in optimism that the climate crisis would, finally, be decisively confronted. But the US supreme court’s decision last week to curtail America’s ability to cut planet-heating emissions has proved the latest blow to a faltering effort by Biden on clim ...
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#1352342022-07-06
First Nations' ancient fish bones may help us adapt to climate change
The study of 5,000-year-old fish bones on the West Coast is revealing how Indigenous people adapted to warming oceans — information that could shape present day adaptations and fisheries management as the climate crisis advances, University of Victoria researchers say.
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#1352352022-07-06
Rubber used by leading European tire makers linked to forest loss in Africa: Report
Top European tire makers, including France’s Michelin and Germany’s Continental AG, are sourcing rubber from agribusinesses implicated in deforestation and undermining land rights in western and central Africa, a report by the non-profit Global Witness found.