Around 165 million years ago, a spectacular parasite was at home in the freshwater lakes of present-day Inner Mongolia (China): A fly larva with a thorax formed entirely like a sucking plate. With it, the animal could adhere ...
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2014
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Arsenic-laden groundwater used for cooking and drinking could pose a risk to the health of almost 20 million people across China. This is shown by a study carried out by Eawag scientists in collaboration with Chinese colleagues ...
Environment
Aug 22, 2013
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Just as wealthy nations like the United States are outsourcing their dangerous carbon dioxide emissions to China, rich coastal provinces in that country are outsourcing emissions to poorer provinces in the interior, according ...
Environment
Jun 10, 2013
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Evidence is mounting that climate change is triggering biodiversity loss, changing community composition and ecosystem functions. However, the intricate mechanisms underpinning ecological processes remain an enigma, motivating ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2023
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Nitrogen saturation refers to the phenomenon that the net primary productivity of an ecosystem—a fundamental ecosystem function and also a measure of carbon (and energy) sequestration by the ecosystem—tends to initially ...
Ecology
Jun 8, 2023
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Over the last decade, parents have become increasingly aware of the importance of a child's physical and mental development in their early years. As a result, there has been a significant rise in parents' demand for evidence-based ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2023
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More than 10 years ago, the so-called "rare earth crisis" highlighted the fragility of the supply chain of these metals, which are crucial for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Most of the world's supply of these ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2022
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Angiosperms may be distinguished from their gymnosperm peers by their flowers, and thus a flower is a good proxy of fossil angiosperms.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 13, 2022
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Other worlds aren't the only difficult terrain personnel will have to traverse in humanity's exploration of the solar system. There are some parts of our own planet that are inhospitable and hard to travel over. Inner Mongolia, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2020
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Most studies on stratosphere and troposphere exchange (STE) are carried out using model simulations. A new study conducted by Chinese researchers directly revealed the phenomenon through in-situ-measured high-precision profiles. ...
Environment
May 25, 2020
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