Since the end of the long-running conflict in Colombia, large areas of forest have been rapidly converted to agricultural uses, suggesting the peace agreement presents a threat to conservation the country's rainforest, a ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2021
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Scientists from the University of Bristol have pioneered a new approach to help biological engineers both harness and design the evolutionary potential of new biosystems. Their concept of the "evotype" lays a foundation for ...
Evolution
Jun 8, 2021
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Monarch butterflies raised indoors still know how to fly south if given enough time to orient themselves, according to new University of Guelph research.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2021
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As surely as the rains fall and flowers blossom, the Northern Hemisphere awakens every June to another, less inspiring rite of spring—a new peak level for global atmospheric carbon dioxide. This year, that number is 419 ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2021
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Eggs littered the sand, but there was no sign of life around or in them.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2021
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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week rejected a decision by the Trump administration that Pacific walrus no longer qualified to be listed as a threatened species.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2021
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Newly vaccinated travelers enjoying a return to trips abroad may find a drug-resistant "superbug" hitching a ride in their gut, a study in Genome Medicine says.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2021
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Financing a sustainable global ocean economy may require a Paris Agreement-type effort, according to a new report from an international team of researchers led by the University of British Columbia.
Environment
Jun 8, 2021
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Researchers have developed a 'library of properties' to help identify the environmental impact of nanomaterials faster and more cost effectively.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 8, 2021
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The University of North Florida archaeology team is now fairly confident they have located the lost Indigenous northeast Florida community of Sarabay, a settlement mentioned in both French and Spanish documents dating to ...
Archaeology
Jun 8, 2021
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