Exploring how birds use contractions
Even birds value efficiency in communication.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2023
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News tagged with nature communications
Telling time on the moon
A new era of lunar exploration is on the rise, with dozens of moon missions planned for the coming decade. Europe is in the forefront here, contributing to building the Gateway lunar station and the Orion spacecraft—set ...
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2023
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Natural carbon sinks could play a small but significant role in Canada's climate strategy
Canada's carbon-capturing natural areas can play a small—but effective—part in the country's overall strategy to lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to a national report including two University of Alberta experts.
Environment
Feb 8, 2023
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Colombia, a biodiversity hotspot, holds lessons for other countries trying to balance development with conservation
Plants and animals do not respect legal boundaries, oblivious to the policies that govern different jurisdictions. A new Stanford-led study highlights how policies in forestry, agriculture, and other sectors can fit together ...
Ecology
Feb 6, 2023
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The impact of zoos on society is largely underestimated, says study
The benefits of zoos to society and local communities are largely underestimated by the wider population, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2023
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Restoring biodiversity in deforested ranches one tree at a time
For decades, there has been a debate raging in conservation science: what is better when it comes to conservation or landscape rehabilitation: a single large or several small habitat areas?
Ecology
Dec 21, 2022
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Climate change's effects can be more than the sum of its parts
The number of simultaneously acting global change factors has a negative impact on the diversity of plant communities—regardless of the nature of the factors. This is one of the findings of a recent study by ecologists ...
Ecology
Dec 19, 2022
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Digital technologies for biodiversity protection and climate action: Solution or COP out?
With biodiversity declining at unprecedented rates and less than a decade remaining to avert the worst effects of climate change, world leaders and policymakers are on the hunt for new and innovative solutions. In the halls ...
Ecology
Dec 13, 2022
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China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects could help or hurt oceans and coasts worldwide
More than one-third of all people in the world live in cities, towns and villages on coasts. They rely on healthy oceans for many things, including food, income, a stable climate and ready connections to nature.
Environment
Dec 8, 2022
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Bolstering ecology by overcoming social-ecological landscapes of fear
In recent years, many ecologists have broadened their focus from "natural" systems to an understanding of landscapes that includes social factors alongside their biophysical counterparts.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2022
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