Tropical forest covers 12% of the planet's land surface yet hosts around two thirds of all terrestrial species. Amazonia, which spans the vast Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield in South America, is the largest extent ...
Ecology
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New research provides the first evidence for why we have complex life forms in polar oceans and highlights the threat posed to them by global warming.
Evolution
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A collaborative study published in Oecologia and led by Hiromi Uno of Hokkaido University and Kyoto University found that migratory shrimp contribute significantly to the nutrient quality of streams as well as the oceans ...
Ecology
Apr 13, 2022
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What smells we like or dislike is primarily determined by the structure of the particular odor molecule. A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Oxford, UK, shows ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2022
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Freshwater ecosystems can be substantial sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but it can be difficult to figure out how unique aquatic habitat arrangements and connections influence carbon cycling at different scales.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2022
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Many states across the U.S. have raised the minimum wage in recent years. Such measures do not only affect low-wage workers' pocketbooks, however. As a study by MIT political scientists shows, higher minimum wages also make ...
Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2022
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A British scientist has discovered a new species that belongs to a group of insects so rare that its closest relative was last seen in 1969.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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Orchid hunting conjures images from the 1800s—explorers in mud-spattered khaki, traipsing through impenetrable jungle, overloaded with equipment: jars, bottles, bags and boxes, a gun (to shoot down tree-top orchids) and ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 30, 2021
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When a fire broke out on the deck of the M/V XPress Pearl cargo ship on May 20, 2021, an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, spilled into the ocean and along the Sri Lankan ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2021
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The ancient Maya had stone temples and palaces in the rainforest of Central America, along with dynastic records of royal leaders carved in stone, but they lacked a basic commodity essential to daily life: Salt. The sources ...
Archaeology
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