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#1341452022-04-20
No rest for new elephant mothers
Elephant herds do not slow down for mothers who've just given birth, according to new research from an international team led by researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Save the Elephants.
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#1341472022-04-20
New global forecasts of marine heatwaves foretell ecological and economic impacts
Researchers have developed global forecasts that can provide up to a year's notice of marine heatwaves, sudden and pronounced increases in ocean temperatures that can dramatically affect ocean ecosystems.
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#1341482022-04-20
Marine microbes swim towards their favorite food
Although invisible to us, every teaspoon of seawater contains more than a million marine bacteria. These tiny microbes play pivotal roles in governing the chemical cycles that control our climate and shape the health of the global ocean, but are they passive drifters or purposeful hunters?
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#1341492022-04-20
Improving land conservation through algorithms
A team of University of Georgia researchers has created a model to help land developers and public officials identify the land that is best suited for conservation.
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#1341502022-04-20
Early warnings for floods in South Africa: Engineering for future climate change
Severe weather, rain and flooding are at the forefront of the minds of many South Africans, especially those in KwaZulu-Natal. Early last week (11–12 April 2022), the province's coast received heavy rain, with some areas recording over 300mm in 24 hours. This is about a third of the annual rainf ...
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#1341102022-04-18
Effects of shrub encroachment on land surface temperature in temperate semi-arid areas of the Northern Hemisphere
Grassland ecosystems are being invaded by shrubs around the world, especially in temperate semi-arid regions of the Northern Hemisphere, under the influences of climate change and human activities.
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#1341112022-04-18
Microplastics permeate seafood across southern Australia
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia's most popular and more remote beaches.
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#1341122022-04-18
With dwindling water supplies, the timing of rainfall matters
A new UC Riverside study shows it's not how much extra water you give your plants, but when you give it that counts. This is especially true near Palm Springs, where the research team created artificial rainfall to examine the effects on plants over the course of two years.
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#1341132022-04-18
What's behind South Africa's flood disaster
South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country, has largely escaped the tropical cyclones that regularly hit its neighbours.
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#1341142022-04-18
Trees wearing accelerometers help track snowstorms
Knowing how tree canopies affect snowpack is a key part of predicting water availability. Despite this importance, hydrologists are still working to accurately quantify how snow "intercepted" by tree canopies affects snowpack.
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#1341152022-04-18
Variations in resource partitioning help maintain plant coexistence
Studying plant water use patterns to reveal plant hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities is regarded as a breakthrough for understanding species combinations. However, how competition and coexistence work remain unanswered.
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#1341162022-04-18
Uncovering the spread of coffee leaf rust disease
Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, yet there are still many unknowns in the coffee-growing business. Now, researchers from Japan have shed new light on the nature of a disease that seriously affects coffee plants.
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#1341172022-04-18
Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis
A Cornell study describes a breakthrough in the quest to improve photosynthesis in certain crops, a step toward adapting plants to rapid climate changes and increasing yields to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050.
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#1341182022-04-18
Egyptian fruit bat found to use echolocation during daylight hours
A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has found that Egyptian fruit bats use echolocation during daylight hours even though they have good eyesight. In their paper published in the journal Current Biology, the group describes their study of the bats and suggests explanations for their odd ...
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#1341192022-04-18
Using geoengineering to slow global heating risks malaria rise, say scientists
Geoengineering to prevent the worst impacts of climate breakdown could expose up to a billion more people to malaria, scientists have found.
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#1340742022-04-14
Of rats and bats: Hundreds of mammal species still unidentified, study says
Scientists estimate that only 10% of all the species on the planet have been described. Among our closest kin, mammals, that number jumps to 80%, but even this well-studied group still holds mysteries.
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#1340752022-04-14
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted research and tourism, even in Antarctica
The first time Yu-Fai Leung traveled to an island off the coast of Antarctica to see two species of penguins, it wasn't the bright blue sky, the cold wind or the sight of the birds' busy industriousness that hit him first. It was the smell.
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#1340762022-04-14
Diverse life forms may have evolved earlier than previously thought
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
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#1340772022-04-14
Genomic time machine: From sponge microbiome, insights into evolutionary past
Sponges in coral reefs, less flashy than their coral neighbors but important to the overall health of reefs, are among the earliest animals on the planet. New research from UNH peers into coral reef ecosystems with a novel approach to understanding the complex evolution of sponges and the microb ...
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#1340782022-04-14
Expanding drought leaves western US scrambling for water
Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks grow wider. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning to weigh on residents.
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#1340812022-04-14
Understanding why our giant glaciers disappeared in the past gives clues to the future
An international team of climate scientists is working in North Canterbury to try to understand the reasons why giant glaciers disappeared thousands of years ago.
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#1340872022-04-14
Role of manganese in soil carbon and climate change
While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet's soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major source of carbon release or a mitigation tactic in the years ahead.
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#1340902022-04-14
Two sets of sex chromosomes determine more than just sex
Why would having two sets of sex chromosomes instead of one benefit a particular species? In the case of one African cichlid fish, the answer may be as variable as the traits that their offspring display.
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#1340912022-04-14
Discovery of new sensory organ for perceiving vibrational signals in leafhoppers, spittlebugs and planthoppers
Scientist from the Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery (CIBD) of the Natural History Museum in Berlin, from the ZUSE-Institute Berlin and from the RWTH Aachen University have discovered a new sensory organ for perceiving vibrational signals in leafhoppers, spittlebugs and planthoppers.
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#1340252022-04-13
Study: extreme hurricane seasons made twice as likely by ocean warming
Exceptionally intense Atlantic tropical hurricane seasons are twice as likely as they were in the 1980's due to global warming, according to a new study by Berlin-based Climate Analytics.
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#1340312022-04-13
Sometimes the birds and bees are about something more important than sex. Coffee.
In a ground-breaking study, scientists reveal how the combined power of biodiversity—in this case, pest control and pollination services—is greater than individual ecological services.
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#1340332022-04-13
Your morning coffee could hasten species’ extinction
As negotiations before the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) take place, international research has quantified the impact of human consumption on species extinction risk.
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#1340352022-04-13
Researchers Attempt to Know More About the Lives of Stingrays in Seychelles
Stingrays have had to overcome a number of challenges, primarily due to overfishing. Researchers from the Save Our Seas Foundation D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC) and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity have been trying to find out more regarding the lives of stingrays in Sey ...
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#1340362022-04-13
Primate conservation boosts biodiversity in central Vietnam
Long, 46, one of the leading primates researchers in Vietnam, has helped train hundreds of students in biodiversity during annual field trips to the forests in the central region.
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#1340472022-04-13
Groundwater level threatens to fall in Germany due to climate change
Climate change directly affects groundwater resources. Groundwater levels in Germany threaten to fall in the next decades. This is the result of a study made by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). It is now published in N ...
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#1340542022-04-13
New study and interactive map point to environmental justice disparities (and solutions) in land conservation
A new study in Environmental Research Letters shows striking disparities in the distribution of conserved land across multiple dimensions of social marginalization in New England—and creates a tool to help address them.
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#1340572022-04-13
Discovery of wheat's clustered chemical defenses creates new avenues for research
A research collaboration has helped to explain the chemical defenses that protect wheat plants against disease—opening potential new avenues of study in this globally cultivated crop.
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#1340582022-04-13
Mutations across animal kingdom shed new light on aging
The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in aging and cancer.
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#1340612022-04-13
Beyond the honeybee: How many bee species does a meadow need?
A meadow's lush array of flowers needs a full phalanx of bees to pollinate them—far more than just the honeybees and bumblebees that most people are familiar with, according to a new study by a team of researchers including University of Maryland entomologist Michael Roswell.
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#1340622022-04-13
Researchers detect the world's first wild river otter coronavirus case
Researchers at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University (CEU UCH) in Valencia, the Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia (CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona have detected the first case of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in a European river otter in Spain.
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#1340632022-04-13
Extreme genetic drift in the Maniq hunter-gatherers of southern Thailand
Residing in the hills of southern Thailand, the Maniq comprise one of the last hunter-gatherer communities in the world. Although the Maniq are geographically isolated, they share many cultural features with the Semang peoples, most of whom live over the border in Malaysia.
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#1339942022-04-12
‘I was enjoying a life that was ruining the world’: can therapy treat climate anxiety?
Pete Knapp, 36, who lives in London, has visited North Korea, travelled overland from Kenya to Cape Town, motorcycled through Japan and Cambodia and trekked by horse through China. Until a few years ago, “I felt invincible,” he says. He had never experienced anxiety, or worried about the climate ...
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#1339992022-04-12
Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
Biodiversity. When you hear this word, what do you picture? Iconic animals like African elephants, gray wolves and humpback whales? Or multicolored coral species that make up a reef system? Or bacteria and microbes that regulate nutrients in the soil, or oxygen-releasing phytoplankton that live ...
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#1340052022-04-12
Scientists use 3D printing to help save embattled coral reefs
The ocean covers most of the planet’s surface and is home to countless marine species. Ensuring the survival of marine life, whether microscopic bacteria or blue whales, is essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem.
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#1340122022-04-12
Sharks lose their natural response with prey if not frequently rewarded
New research studying the behavior of Port Jackson sharks has captured their astute ability to realize when the smell of natural prey doesn't lead to a feeding opportunity.
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#1340132022-04-12
New study suggests wildlife may be answer to phosphorus crisis
Modern agriculture is underpinned by a steady supply of fertilizer. However, one of the main ingredients of fertilizer, phosphorus, is running out, putting pressure and financial strain on farmers throughout the world.
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#1340142022-04-12
Novel solution to drastically reduce world's largest waste stream
After water, sand is the most exploited natural resource on the planet. However, its extraction from seas, rivers, beaches and quarries has an impact on the environment and surrounding communities.
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#1340152022-04-12
Allow me to introduce myself: Squirrels use rattle calls to identify themselves
As a scientist who studies squirrel behavior, one of the most common questions I am asked is: "How do I get them out of my yard?"
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#1340182022-04-12
Sunlight's healing effects help imperiled green sea turtles with tumors
A new study by Florida Atlantic University researchers is literally shedding "light" on a way to improve the health of endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) prone to a disease called fibropapillomatosis.
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#1340192022-04-12
A new network to improve biosecurity in livestock
Health, welfare, safety and sustainability are crucial elements for ensuring the future of livestock production. Biosecurity aims to prevent the introduction and spread of pathogens within and between farms and, consequently, results in better welfare, increased food safety and better sustainabi ...
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#1339652022-04-11
10 Women Scientists Leading the Fight Against the Climate Crisis
Climate change is an issue that affects everyone on the planet but women and girls are the ones suffering its effects the most. Why? Because women and girls have less access to quality education and later, job opportunities. These structural disadvantages keep them in poverty. In fact, women mak ...
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#1339712022-04-11
In soil, death doesn't stop the spread of antibiotic resistance
Dead bacteria can still make their presence felt in the land of the living. New research led by Michigan State University integrative biologists is showing that this could have big implications for antibiotic resistance on farms.
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#1339722022-04-11
Unwinding the secrets of stress in plants could help feed the world during climate crisis
New research from Royal Holloway has discovered how natural responses to stress in plants modify the way DNA is wrapped up in the cell to help it withstand the adverse effects that climate change has on its growth.
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#1339732022-04-11
Mechanosensory system found on insect wings could inform future wing designs
Researchers studying dragonflies have put together the most complete description of an insect wing sensory system ever recorded.
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#1339742022-04-11
Scientists develop a plan to manage lionfish populations in the Mediterranean
Scientists have published a series of recommendations to enable communities and managers to minimize the impact of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea.