Predicting future outcomes in the natural world
When pesticides and intentional fires fail to eradicate an invasive plant species, declaring biological war may be the best option.
When pesticides and intentional fires fail to eradicate an invasive plant species, declaring biological war may be the best option.
Ecology
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Scientists are closer to unraveling the long-standing mystery of how tiny glass eel larvae, which begin their lives as hatchlings in the Sargasso Sea, know when and where to "hop off" the Gulf Stream toward European coastlines ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2017
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Consumers make poor purchase decisions when they need to work with ratios to assess a product's value, says a new study published in the May 2017 of the Journal of Marketing Behavior, from the University of Miami School of ...
Economics & Business
Jun 1, 2017
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The snowy-feathered head and distinctive brown body of the bald eagle is a proud national symbol of the United States, adorning the country's currency and passports. The lion, known as "King of the Beasts," represents national ...
Ecology
May 24, 2017
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Researchers believe they have found a new way to monitor the intensity and location of hurricanes from hundreds of miles away by detecting atmospheric waves radiating from the centers of these powerful storms.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have developed a new technology to measure the currents near the ocean's surface that carry pollutants such as plastics and spilled ...
Earth Sciences
May 5, 2017
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In a new study, researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science examined how the interaction of two genomes in animal cells—the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes—interact ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2017
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University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science scientist Mark Donelan and his Norwegian Meteorological Institute colleague captured new information about extreme waves, as one of the steepest ever ...
General Physics
Mar 8, 2017
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Professor Neil Johnson, a physicist at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, is interested in complex networks. He studies how fast-moving packets of information spread and interact in large networks like ...
Business
Mar 8, 2017
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Last year's devastating category-5 hurricane—Matthew—may be one of many past examples of a tropical storm fueled by massive rings of warm water that exist in the upper reaches of the Caribbean Sea.
Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2017
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