Researchers from the University of Turku have described seven new fern species from the rainforests of tropical America. Many of the species were uncovered as the byproduct of ecological research: the species diversity in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 8, 2022
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The Supreme Court decision to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could make an already grave situation worse for those affected most by climate change and air ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2022
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What we thought we knew about carnivorous plants was swiftly called into question after scientists discovered a new species in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. Nepenthes pudica is what ...
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Jun 29, 2022
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The DNA of kelp has enabled scientists to show just how interconnected coastal communities of the Southern Ocean are.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2022
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It has taken a very long time, but environmental justice has moved to the center of the environmental policy agenda. Here in New York City, the environmental justice movement spent decades fighting the siting of the North ...
Environment
May 9, 2022
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For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and sometimes vary in size. How plants determine the plane of cell division in this process, known ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2022
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New Mexico and Arizona are facing a dangerously early fire season. It has left neighborhoods in ashes and is having such devastating effects that the governor of New Mexico on May 3, 2022, urged President Joe Biden to issue ...
Environment
May 5, 2022
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Taylor Swift, U.S. singer-songwriter known for hits such as "Shake It Off" and "You Belong With Me", has earned a new accolade—she now has a new species of millipede named in her honor.
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2022
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The recent announcement that Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and our partners have recorded over 100 new species in Myanmar in the decade since we began working there caused quite a stir, but that landmark figure doesn't ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2022
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While carbon dioxide emissions have received most of the attention in the fight against global warming, there are other lesser-known greenhouses gases, including methane.
Environment
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