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#1222812019-09-19
New study suggests gigantic masses in Earth's mantle untouched for more than 4 billion years
Ancient, distinct, continent-sized regions of rocks, isolated since before the collision that created the Moon 4.5 billion years ago, exist hundreds of miles below the Earth's crust, offering a window into the building blocks of our planet, according to new research.
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#1222842019-09-19
Researchers explore secret lives of world's most trafficked mammal
For the first-time ever, scientists have deployed animal-borne cameras on pangolins—the world's most trafficked wild mammal.They look like an armored anteater (they're not, though they do eat ants), curl up in a ball like an armadillo, but are more closely related to dogs.
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#1222952019-09-19
Earth has lost wilderness area the size of India since 90s: Study
Since the 1990s, our planet has lost nearly three million square kilometres of wilderness areas—parts of the world where human impact has been absent or minimal, according to a study which found that conserving such regions can cut the Earth's extinction risk by half.
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#1223072019-09-20
Vampire bats help unravel the mystery of smell
The sense of smell is one of the most poorly understood of the five major senses. But now an international team of scientists led by Laurel Yohe of Stony Brook University suggests a new method to quantify olfactory receptors by sequencing them in vampire bats may hold the key to unraveling the m ...
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#1223142019-09-23
Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji
The biodiversity buzz is alive and well in Fiji, but climate change, noxious weeds and multiple human activities are making possible extinction a counter buzzword.
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#1223322019-09-24
Earth, wind, flora sway Trinidad sulfur levels
As scientists observe the force of nature through a satellite weather tracker, they only see the day's events. To observe the long-term atmospheric influence, University of Cincinnati geologists are taking research a step further by tracking and measuring the distribution of sulfur in plants in ...
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#1223362019-09-24
Brewed coffee grounds offer sustainable alternative for clothing dye
Iowa State University researchers have found a natural way to add color to clothing using the leftover grounds from your daily cup of coffee.
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#1223372019-09-24
The shared evolution of the Tasmanian tiger and the wolf
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was one of Australia's most enigmatic native species.It was the largest marsupial predator to survive until the arrival of Europeans but carried its babies in a pouch like a kangaroo or koala.
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#1223382019-09-24
Better 'housekeeping' in wood-decomposing fungi
Scientists hope to harness fungi that decompose the most abundant type of biomass in wood, lignocellulose. Lignocellulose could be used to create the building-blocks of polymers for bioproducts.
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#1223392019-09-24
When disease threatens animals, predators might provide the remedy
When disease shows up in wild animal populations, there aren't pharmacies or vets to turn to. The best solution might actually be the one thing they spend their lives avoiding—predators.
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#1223402019-09-24
Uncovering the hidden intelligence of collectives
In a group of animals, who deals with new information coming from the environment? Researchers from the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior have discovered that the answer lies not in who, but in where: information can be processed, not only by individual anima ...
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#1223592019-09-25
First 3-D coral design project simulates living reefs and new fish habitats
To combat the abuse and degradation of the world's coral reefs, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Technion Institute of Technology have developed various 3-D printed corals that could become new habitats. In some instances, the fish actually preferred them to natura ...
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#1223632019-09-25
How a biofriendly fertilizer could offer a greener way to grow plants
Every year, a "dead zone" the size of Massachusetts sprawls across the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River, which travels through the nation's farm belt, sweeps excess fertilizer and dumps the chemicals into the Gulf, where they feed rampant algae, deplete oxygen, and kill marine life.
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#1223722019-09-25
Rare and endangered symbolic scar tree preserved
Queensland Museum researchers have been part of a rescue mission to preserve a centuries-old Aboriginal tree carving, helping document it for future generations using technology known as photogrammetry.
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#1223822019-09-26
Earliest signs of life: Scientists find microbial remains in ancient rocks
Western Australia's famous 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites contain microbial remains of some of the earliest life on Earth, UNSW scientists have found.Scientists have found exceptionally preserved microbial remains in some of Earth's oldest rocks in Western Australia—a major advance in the fi ...
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#1223852019-09-26
Ditch the delicate wash cycle to save our seas
Delicate wash cycles in washing machines found to release more plastic microfibres than other cycles. New research led by Newcastle University has shown that it is the volume of water used during the wash cycle, rather than the spinning action of the washing machine, which is the key factor in t ...
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#1223862019-09-26
The dark giraffe, the new dark horse
Darker male giraffes have been found to be more solitary and less social than their lighter-colored counterparts, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
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#1223882019-09-26
How do piranhas replace their sharp teeth?
Piranhas and their herbivorous cousins pacus have distinctive teeth used to tear through tough food. A recent paper by Matthew Kolmann, a postdoctoral fellow in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Sciences, suggests that how these fish lose their teeth—all at once ...
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#1223892019-09-26
Less genes for a life in water
While whales and dolphins spend their entire life in the ocean, these air-breathing mammals actually evolved from terrestrial species. The transition from land to water in the ancestors of modern whales and dolphins about 50 million years ago was accompanied by profound anatomical, physiological ...
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#1223922019-09-26
Global fisheries deprive local communities of key nutrients, study finds
Millions of people around the world suffer from malnutrition despite the ready availability of essential nutrients just off their coastlines. Dietary deficiencies in iron, calcium and other micronutrients are responsible for more than a million premature deaths every year. New research published ...
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#1223952019-09-26
In a New Study on Bird Loss, Some Scientists Say Subtlety Is Lost, Too
When a major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science last week, it included all the trappings of a typical scientific paper, along with one, less conventional addition: The study also came with its own hashtag, #BringBirdsBack.
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#1224182019-09-27
Value of Ireland's insect pollinators greatly underestimated
A newly published report claims that both the market and non-market values of pollinators in Ireland are currently greatly underestimated.
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#1224422019-09-30
Ocean ecosystems take two million years to recover after mass extinction
Around 66m years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species.
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#1224432019-09-30
Nudging meat off the menu
To keep global heating below 2°C, the world's appetite for meat must change. This will mean reducing meat consumption in most developed countries and limiting the increase in developing countries. But how do you convince people to break the habit of a lifetime?
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#1224482019-10-01
New Zealand could be lifeboat to save humanity from extinction in a catastrophic pandemic, researchers say
New Zealand, Australia and Iceland could act as island refuges to save humanity from extinction in the event of a catastrophic global pandemic, researchers have found.
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#1224492019-10-01
Getting to the root of carbon storage in deep soils
Land use changes, nutrient depletion, and drought can make plant roots grow deeper into the soil. But scientists question how that growth affects carbon in the soil. Could more roots reaching deep soil layers result in more carbon being sequestered?
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#1224522019-10-01
Massive iceberg breaks off Antarctica—but it's normal
A more than 600-square-mile iceberg broke off Antarctica in recent days, but the event is part of a normal cycle and is not related to climate change, scientists say.
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#1224542019-10-01
Fish may be key to controlling growth of reef bacteria
In response to local and global climate stressors, a type of bright red bacteria has proliferated on reefs worldwide often snuffing the life out of precious corals and changing the reef ecosystem.
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#1224552019-10-01
Species could buffer reproduction against climate change through sperm and egg plasticity
Beetles have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to reproduce despite warmer temperatures—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
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#1224572019-10-01
The hidden ark: How a grassroots initiative can help save fish from extinction
Freshwater fish are a highly diverse group representing nearly half of all fish species. Due to accelerating human activities, they are also the most threatened vertebrate group, and are disappearing faster than they can be described. Currently, half of all freshwater fish species are still not ...
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#1224732019-10-02
Earth's biodiversity greatly influenced by gigantic asteroid calamity: Study
The diversity of life was greatly influenced by a collision between space rocks around 470 million years ago, according to a study published in the journal Science Reports.
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#1224862019-10-02
Researchers find some of the genes responsible for differences in behavior between dog breeds
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found some of the genes that are responsible for differences in behavior between dog breeds. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes their study of data from two types of dog-ba ...
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#1224892019-10-02
Scientists predict average late winter precipitation in western Europe for the next decade
In a new study, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) show that the average March precipitation, over the next ten years in western Europe is predictable using a novel method. The research team also issued a forecast for the coming years.
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#1224902019-10-02
Rewild 25% of the UK for less climate change, more wildlife and a life lived closer to nature
The UK's Labour Party has pledged to offer voters a Green New Deal at the next election. This is a radical program for decarbonizing society and the economy by 2030, through phasing out fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy and creating a public works program to build the zero-carbon infra ...
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#1224912019-10-02
Scientists assess storage value in blue carbon ecosystems
When Hurricane Dorian roared up the East Coast during the first week of September, the places where people live and work in several states were under threat. The first line of protection against storm damage was made up of coastal vegetated ecosystems, including nearly 300,000 acres of salt mars ...
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#1224922019-10-02
Why are there no animals with three legs?
If "Why?" is the first question in science, "Why not?" must be a close second. Sometimes it's worth thinking about why something does not exist.
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#1225052019-10-03
A tool to understand how ecosystems are responding to a changing climate
As climate change accelerates, recording shifts in plant flowering times is critical to understanding how changes in climate will impact ecosystem interactions. Currently, when researchers reconstruct historical flowering times using dried herbarium specimens, they estimate first or peak floweri ...
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#1225082019-10-03
Urgency of climate change may be understated in intergovernmental panel report, expert says
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report last week warning of the mounting effects of global warming on the seas, increasing temperatures and acidification, and on the world's melting ice. It noted the potential dangers from sea level rise, water shortages i ...
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#1225092019-10-03
Louisiana hopes to fight coast erosion by mimicking nature
Back when the Mississippi River flowed wild, its ever-shifting waters acted as a continent-sized earth mover, picking up sand and dirt from the North, depositing it in the Delta region and eventually creating the land that is now south Louisiana.
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#1225242019-10-04
20 Times When Animals Shaped Our Modern World
Imitation is the most sincere of flattery, and for years, humans have been using animals as inspiration for everything from fashion to architecture. In the engineering world, this is called biomimicry. And you may be surprised by how many inventions have truly been inspired by animal design and ...
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#1225272019-10-04
Were hot, humid summers the key to life's origins?
Uncovering how the first biological molecules (like proteins and DNA) arose is a major goal for researchers attempting to solve the origin of life. Today, chemists at Saint Louis University, in collaboration with scientists at the College of Charleston and the NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolut ...
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#1225332019-10-04
Scientists uncover genetic similarities among species that use sound to navigate
Evolutionary adaptations like echolocation that are shared by unrelated species arose in part due to identical, independently acquired genetic changes, according to a new Stanford study of whole genome sequences.
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#1225542019-10-07
A fortress of ice and snow
After only a few days of searching, experts from the MOSAiC expedition have now found a suitable ice floe where they will set up the research camp for their one-year-long drift through the Arctic Ocean.
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#1225662019-10-08
How Michigan scientists are using sound to tune into the health of the world around us.
Birds call to each other. The chirps fade as the sounds of shoes crunching on the somewhat frozen earth grow louder. Children laugh in the distance. Waves of water crash against each other.
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#1225742019-10-08
Indian paper wasps have their favourite places in their nests
A new study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has shown that Indian paper wasps distribute themselves non-randomly in their nests, a strategy that may help them exchange food efficiently and avoid the spread of infections. The study was carried out by Ph.D. student Nitika Sharma and Pr ...
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#1225752019-10-08
Shedding new light on West Africa's birds and butterflies
How do you identify a soaring scavenger from its flight silhouette, or pinpoint which species of swallowtail has just fluttered by on gossamer wings? These were among the challenges facing the survey teams as they attempted to shine a spotlight on the wildlife treasures concealed within the trop ...
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#1225762019-10-08
Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest
Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium from a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a "plant probiotic," more robust plants and other antibiotics.
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#1225802019-10-09
A unique study sheds light on the ecology of the glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris
The glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris only occurs in deep and cold waters. A collaborative study by University of Jyväskylä and University of Eastern Finland produced new information on the life cycle and ecology of this rare amphipod.
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#1225812019-10-09
Whale 'whispers' keep young safe near predators: study
Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young in order to prevent "eavesdropping" by predators, researchers said Wednesday.
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#1225822019-10-09
Expert outlines pathway to net zero emissions by 2050
A key figure in the United Kingdom's decision to legislate a climate change target of net zero emissions by 2050 is in Australia.Professor Julia King (Baroness Brown of Cambridge) will give a lecture on the approach the UK is taking with hydrogen, and the policy requirements in developing such a ...