Large-scale afforestation in arid and semi-arid areas is one of the most effective approaches to combat desertification at present. Afforestation by aerial sowing is an effective measure that can promote vegetation restoration ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2023
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When viewed from an engineer's perspective, biology is often messy and imperfect. For example, redundancy is a common feature of biological systems, with the job of one biological component overlapping with that of another.
Evolution
Mar 22, 2023
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Animal agriculture is a major source of water pollution in the United States, as manure runoff carries excess nutrients into rivers and lakes. Because of their non-point source nature, most farms are not regulated under the ...
Agriculture
Mar 20, 2023
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Shallow lakes can take on two alternative stable states, according to a theory on ecological equilibrium in the study of inland waters (limnology). This paradigm has now been called into question by a study conducted by the ...
Ecology
Mar 16, 2023
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Reactive oxygen species—very reactive molecules containing oxygen—have a great impact on mineralization processes in tidal sandflats, finds a study now published in Nature Communications. Their investigation is thus ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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Researchers from the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology (IGA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the effects of environmental disturbances on the chemical stability of the peatland carbon pool ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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A team of investigators from Mass General Brigham's founding members, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has identified metabolic strategies used by Clostridioides difficile to rapidly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2023
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A strong root system allows crops to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, but scientists have little information about the genes that control root development. Recent research published in New Phytologist reveals that ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2023
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Pollution of the soil and water with multiple heavy metals is a common problem. However, most studies on the effects of heavy metals on bacteria living in these environments have only focused on one metal at a time. In a ...
Ecology
Mar 6, 2023
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Since the mid-19th century, increasing temperatures have resulted in the retreat of mountain glaciers on all continents. When glaciers retreat, they leave "glacial debris." This debris serves as new substrate for soil and ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2023
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