As the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on April 29, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning nearly two decades, the dataset ...
Earth Sciences
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Climate change is causing more frequent and intense droughts, affecting the quantity and quality of grass available for dairy cows. In many cases, these droughts can prompt farmers to implement a variety of adaptation strategies, ...
Agriculture
May 5, 2025
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Could farmers get money for protecting birds or plants? That's the hope of the European Union, which is seeking to monetize biodiversity by creating a market for "nature credits".
Environment
May 5, 2025
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By forming oscillating patterns between the ends of a cell (poles), the Min protein system provides protection against abnormal cell division in bacteria. Despite decades of theoretical work, predicting the protein concentrations ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2025
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Protons are the basis of bioenergetics. The ability to move them through biological systems is essential for life. A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows for the first time that proton transfer ...
Biochemistry
May 5, 2025
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Some reef fish have the unexpected ability to move their jaws from side to side, biologists at the University of California, Davis have discovered. This ability—which is rare among vertebrate animals—allows these fish ...
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2025
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Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Colorado Boulder used a gene-silencing tool and a large library of molecular guides to understand how photosynthetic bacteria adapt to light and temperature ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2025
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Sophie Cohen-Bodénès and Peter Neri, neuroscientists at École Normale Supérieure, in France, report possible evidence of cuttlefish communicating by waving their 'arms' at one another. Their paper is posted on the bioRxiv ...
A new research study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the question of how much urban areas have warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
Environment
May 5, 2025
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The National Hurricane Center's forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into the future, when storms were only beginning ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2025
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