Two common species of small mammals are not significantly disturbed by industrial activity near their homes, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists.
Plants & Animals
Nov 19, 2019
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Wildfires such as those raging across eastern Australia have become more common across the world in recent years. AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which climate change can make them worse.
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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Although nitrogen is essential for all living organisms—it makes up 3% of the human body—and comprises 78% of Earth's atmosphere, it's almost ironically difficult for plants and natural systems to access it.
Environment
Nov 11, 2019
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of California, Irvine has developed a new technique for predicting the final size of a wildfire from the moment of ignition.
Environment
Sep 17, 2019
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Two new scientific papers accentuate the role of microorganisms in organic matter accumulation and add a new piece in the puzzle of understanding the soil carbon cycle. New findings contribute to improved process understanding ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2019
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These days, smoke-filled summer skies and dusky red sunsets are a common occurrence across Canada and the United States. Much of that smoke is coming from large northern wildfires.
Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2019
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Carbon reservoirs in the soil of boreal forests are being released by more frequent and larger wildfires, according to a new study involving a University of Guelph researcher.
Environment
Aug 21, 2019
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Even as Alberta's fierce wildfire raged in and around Fort McMurray in 2016, plants and butterflies were surviving in narrow strips of forest that remained green and undamaged.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2019
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Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from populated areas, but their impacts are felt around the globe. From field and laboratory work to airborne campaigns and satellites, NASA is studying why boreal forests and tundra ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2019
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The discovery of fossilized plants in Labrador, Canada, by a team of McGill directed paleontologists provides the first quantitative estimate of the area's climate during the Cretaceous period, a time when the earth was dominated ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 2, 2019
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