Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a country packed with biodiversity and endangered species. However, scientists studying the region's species and ecosystems ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2023
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Extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered.
Ecology
Jul 8, 2023
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What would a traveler from the future think if one day s/he could analyze the rocks that are currently forming on the planet? Surely, this person would find quite a few plastic fragments and wonder why this material was so ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jul 7, 2023
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Australian allodapines and European honey bees are distant relatives that converge to pollinate apple (Central Asian origin) in a Blue Mountains orchard.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2023
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France is being badly hit by climate change, is not prepared for its effects and is failing to sufficiently reduce its emissions, an independent climate body warned Wednesday.
Environment
Jun 28, 2023
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Scientists need to get out of the lab and into the rain, say an interdisciplinary group of researchers led by John T. Van Stan of Cleveland State University. Writing in the journal BioScience, the authors make the case that ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2023
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For several years, ecological research has argued that climate often has no determining influence on the distribution of forests and savannas in tropical regions. However, an international research team led by Prof. Dr. Steven ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2023
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Karst forests develop in a karst landform, and have complex vegetation types and high biodiversity, and are rich in endemic species. As one of the important and special plant groups in the karst habitat, many orchids have ...
Ecology
May 26, 2023
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Spending $1.50 per hectare to prune climbing vines from the world's selectively logged forests could remove 800 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over 30 years, according to new research.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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Underwater forests known as kelp have been sustaining people and cultures for millennia. However, most of us are only vaguely aware of the vibrant masses of seaweed hugging the ocean shores around Earth. Furthermore, we don't ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2023
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