New study on human-clam relationships informs modern marine resource management
A new study on the long-term relationship between humans and clams in B.C."s Salish Sea is helping to inform modern marine resource management.
A new study on the long-term relationship between humans and clams in B.C."s Salish Sea is helping to inform modern marine resource management.
Plants & Animals
Oct 15, 2019
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A new study published today in the journal Current Biology from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered that a natural nectar chemical in Calluna heather called callunene can ...
Ecology
Oct 11, 2019
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A community garden occupies a diminutive dirt lot in Phoenix. Rows of raised garden beds offer up basil, watermelons and corn, making this patch of land an agricultural oasis in a desert city of 1.5 million people. In fact, ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2019
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While we are increasingly aware of the environmental costs and impacts of raising a handful of widely eaten, large-scale production foods such as cows and pigs, we have glaring blind spots when it comes to such effects of ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2019
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Most of the knowledge that indigenous communities in South America have about plants is not written down. Now, ecologists at the University of Zurich have analyzed comprehensive information about the services provided by ...
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2019
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Rabbits prefer to eat plants with plenty of DNA, according to a new study by Queen Mary University of London and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2019
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The Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia have been harvesting shellfish from specially-constructed clam gardens for at least 3500 years, according to a study released February 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...
Archaeology
Feb 27, 2019
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Given the pressures that pollinators face in agricultural land, cities could play an important role in conserving pollinators, according to a new study. The research, carried out by scientists at the Universities of Bristol, ...
Ecology
Jan 14, 2019
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The pecking order of garden birds is determined by their size and weight, new research shows.
Ecology
Sep 5, 2018
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Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain malnutrition trends in Europe's trees.
Environment
Jun 6, 2018
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