FrogID has just logged its one millionth frog
The world's largest frog project has thrived because of citizen scientists using the FrogID app, the brainchild of a UNSW biologist.
The world's largest frog project has thrived because of citizen scientists using the FrogID app, the brainchild of a UNSW biologist.
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2024
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Efforts to breed more adaptable crops benefit from testing locations with wide ranges of weather, according to a research team led by an Iowa State University professor.
Agriculture
Feb 5, 2024
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In paddy field, flood-and-drain cycles produce variations in reduced and oxidized environments, which are appropriate habitats for a wide variety of microorganisms. Nitrogen (N) fertilization drives the structure and function ...
Ecology
Feb 5, 2024
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In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Jan. 30, a research team reports a new understanding of how light affects plant growth.
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2024
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Norway's district court in Oslo recently made a decision on fossil fuels that deserves the attention of every person concerned about climate change.
Environment
Jan 31, 2024
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What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants' appearances. However, when you look inside, their leaves are more similar than you would think, as revealed ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 30, 2024
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As the environmental and economic costs of industrial farming grow, so do opportunities to spur an ecological change.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2024
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Transforming food systems around the world would lead to socio-economic benefits summing up to US $5–10 trillion a year, shows a new global policy report produced by leading economists and scientists of the Food System ...
Economics & Business
Jan 29, 2024
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An international study of temperature variations in 12 caves around the world shows that a large part of the Earth's freshwater reserves available for immediate consumption can be at risk due to climate change.
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Bacterial infections cause millions of deaths each year, with the global threat made worse by the increasing resistance of the microbes to antibiotic treatments. This is due in part to the ability of bacteria to switch genes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2024
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