Climate projection requires an accurate understanding for the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its response to warming. However, the wide array of organic molecules in the soil exhibits distinct chemical structures ...
Ecology
Mar 29, 2023
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Groups of spiders could be used as an environmentally-friendly way to protect crops against agricultural pests.
Ecology
Feb 16, 2023
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A Newcastle University study has for the first time shown that machine learning can predict the biological properties of the most abundant enzyme on Earth—Rubisco.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 30, 2022
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A new genomic study of the rarest pine tree in the world, the Torrey pine, aimed at bolstering the case for a genetic rescue of the species barely surviving in the western U.S., revealed the complexity and risk associated ...
Ecology
Jul 22, 2022
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Biobanking and assisted reproduction could become a reality for koalas by leveraging the existing technology used to help humans conceive. A detailed model, published in the international journal Animals, reveals this would ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how their biology changes as temperatures and carbon dioxide levels rise. That could tell us a ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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For the first time, researchers have shown that there is a genetic component underlying the amazing spatial memories of Mountain Chickadees. These energetic half-ounce birds hide thousands of food items every fall and rely ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2021
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There is less genetic variation in the South than in the rest of Norway. Rogaland, Agder and Telemark have seen surprisingly little migration over the last couple of hundred years, according to a new genetic study that is ...
Evolution
Jun 23, 2021
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New research shows that naturally occurring climate variations help to explain a long-standing difference between climate models and satellite observations of global warming.
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2021
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Picture the scene. Swimming off Scotland's west coast during a summer holiday you notice a large dark shark nearly 10 meters long headed towards you. A prominent triangular dorsal fin cuts the surface, the powerful rhythmically ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2021
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