Brazil will undertake the massive task of cataloging the trees of the Amazon, in an effort to better monitor and protect the world's largest tropical forest, the environment ministry announced Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Fort Pierce, Fla. are helping citrus growers and juice processors address the threat posed by Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease that is costing the citrus industry millions ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 not rated yet 0

Public acceptance of climate change's reality may have been influenced by the rate at which words moved from scientific journals into the mainstream, according to anthropologist Michael O'Brien, dean of the College of Arts ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 22, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 2

Liberian farmers who survived a 15-year civil war are now fighting lucrative property deals with Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil companies that threaten the land they live on, if not their sacred burial ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—A nearby short duration gamma-ray burst may be the cause of an intense blast of high-energy radiation that hit the Earth in the 8th century, according to new research led by astronomers Valeri ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jan 21, 2013 4.6 / 5 (33) 55 |

(Phys.org)—Willow trees cultivated for 'green energy' can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 20, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from the U.K., China, and Germany has discovered that tree frogs adjust their posture to reduce the angle of their toe pads to avoid falling from an overhanging ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 17, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—A team of Swiss, Czech, Canadian and German researchers has found that prolonged cold spells in Eastern Europe over the last thousand years has led to wars, plagues and civil unrest. In their ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 15, 2013 4.2 / 5 (11) 11 |

A research team involving several scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder has found an unexpected silver lining in the devastating pine beetle outbreaks ravaging the West: Such events do not harm water quality ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Amino acids in orange juice might reveal secrets to the successful attack strategy of the plant pathogen that causes citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB. Studies of these amino acids ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Agricultural demand for pollination is growing more quickly than the supply of honey bees, the dominant species managed for crop pollination. Increasing the efficiency of pollination represents a way of increasing ...

Biology - Ecology

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Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org)—Why are the leaves on the tallest trees all about the same size, and why aren't those tall trees even taller? It all has to do with basic scientific principles at work in nature, according to ...

Physics - General Physics

Jan 14, 2013 3.7 / 5 (7) 1 |

(Phys.org)—An 80-year search for a tree killer has ended, says a University of Florida forest pathologist who helped identify the fungus that virtually wiped out the Florida Torreya and fears it may threaten ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 08, 2013 not rated yet 0