New research shows what is often assumed to be 'fair' in conservation practice may not be considered so by the very people most affected by it—and a new approach is needed if protected areas are to be effective.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2021
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A team of researchers has devised a method using smartphones in order to measure food consumption—an approach that also offers new ways to predict physical well-being.
Environment
Feb 18, 2021
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A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B provides the most comprehensive comparative assessment of bat hearing capacity to date and highlights the evolutionary pressures acting on their sensory perception. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2021
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An analysis of ways to measure a community's vulnerability to climate change suggests that California's current method may leave some at-risk communities behind in efforts to reduce health impacts of extreme heat. Lynée ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2020
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Animal acoustic signals are amazingly diverse. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University of Saint-Etienne, together with French, American and Dutch collaborators, explored the function and diversification ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2020
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Telecommunications are becoming increasingly crucial to our society, economy and security. ESA is supporting the European satellite communication industry's efforts to identify how to meet future worldwide demands for more ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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Scientists from Finland and Germany used bacteria as an example to study how communities consisting of several species respond to disturbances in their laboratory environment. Similar kinds of perturbations can occur in the ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2020
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What does it take to live in peace?
Political science
Jun 30, 2020
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Female great tits (Parus major) stay clear of territories with better singing males while competing males are attracted to the territories with better singers. This unexpected conclusion was reached by researchers of Wageningen ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2020
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Australia recently experienced unprecedented bushfires, affecting people's health in many of its major cities and destroying homes and lives.
Environment
Apr 23, 2020
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