A new study led by University of Minnesota researchers demonstrates that fertilization of natural grasslands—either intentionally or unintentionally as a side effect of global farming and industry—is having a destabilizing ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2014
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A federal judge upheld the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhillips' 600-million-barrel Willow oil development in Alaska, a blow to environmentalists who argued it would imperil wildlife and exacerbate climate change.
Environment
Nov 10, 2023
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Small-scale gold mining in French Guiana is having long-term effects on diatoms, small single-celled algae, by eliminating the species that are most vulnerable to water turbidity. The findings come from research carried out ...
Environment
Feb 29, 2012
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Widely blamed for ravaging Earth's ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference.
Environment
Dec 17, 2022
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Research from North Carolina State University finds that a lack of plant diversity is a key contributor to the widespread defoliation caused by cankerworms in cities, and highlights the role that increasing diversity can ...
Ecology
May 23, 2014
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Much of the research in the field of plant functional genomics to date has relied on approaches based on single reference genomes. But by itself, a single reference genome does not capture the full genetic variability of ...
Biotechnology
Dec 20, 2017
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An ambitious three-year insect inventory of a Costa Rican rainforest, funded by a $900,000 National Science Foundation, is now underway. Led by Drs. Brian Brown (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) and Art Borkent ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2012
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Amphibians may be more susceptible to disease in undisturbed natural habitats, a study in this week's issue of PNAS finds.
Ecology
May 30, 2011
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Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds.
Environment
Jan 14, 2013
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Hidden away in the tropical darkness of nocturnal Madagascar, scientists have discovered a new species of gecko which has been described in the open access journal Zoosystematics and Evolution.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2014
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