Oysters at risk from changing climate
Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years.
Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2018
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An international team of scientists has released the updated and improved estimations of Potential Evapotranspiration and an Aridity Index for the entire world based upon a fully parameterized geospatial implementation of ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2022
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By making new use of historical records, scientists have shown that climate change could have a greater impact on Myanmar's elephants' dwindling numbers than previously thought.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2013
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Google searches could unveil patterns in Black mortality rates across the US, according to a new University of Maryland study. Researchers found that those areas with greater levels of racism, as indexed by the proportion ...
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2015
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(AP) -- Bureaucrats are struggling with an age-old question: What is the value of our lives?
Other
Jan 21, 2011
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Having elder siblings decreases mortality risk in childhood, but same-sex elder siblings are associated with lower marriage rates and fewer children for their younger siblings in adulthood, according to the results of a long-term ...
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2012
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First it was sudden oak death, the oak disease caused by the plant pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, that threatened California's extensive coastal forests.
Environment
Aug 22, 2013
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Single fatherhood is a challenge many arachnids undertake, guarding eggs laid by females despite the costs to their own health and mating benefits, but the news may not be all bad for these dads.
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2012
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Endangered great apes get malaria, just like humans. New evidence from wild bonobos shows us the infection harms them, too.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2023
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Intense exercise can be fatal to racehorses, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2018
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