Nature-based solutions must not be forgotten in the drive to stabilize the climate. But care must be taken to ensure they are not hijacked or misused to "greenwash" emissions, insists Oxford biodiversity expert, Professor ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2022
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The rubber-based agroforestry systems have been recently established to provide a promising solution for the sustainable development of rubber cultivation. However, the water relations between rubber trees and the intercrops ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2020
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(Phys.org)—Say "La Brea Tar pits," and most people imagine the saber-tooth cats and woolly mammoths that were trapped on sticky asphalt (now in modern-day Los Angeles), only to have their bones preserved for the ages. But ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2013
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From antiseptic oils to the construction of didgeridoos, the traditional Australian Aboriginal wind instrument, the eucalyptus tree serves myriad purposes, accounting for its status as one of the world's most widely planted ...
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2014
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Avocados aren't just nutritional powerhouses; they're also the chief ingredient in such party favorites as guacamole dip.
Ecology
Aug 27, 2013
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More than 150 years ago Victorian biologist Charles Darwin made a powerful observation: that a mixture of species planted together often grow more strongly than species planted individually.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2021
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Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don't grow up in its shadow, fighting for light?
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2022
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Each day, more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2019
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A new University of Florida study based on DNA analysis from living flowering plants shows that the ancestors of most modern trees diversified extremely rapidly 90 million years ago, ultimately leading to the formation of ...
Archaeology
Feb 9, 2009
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A 2,000-square-kilometer zone in the Yukon Flats of interior Alaska – one of the most flammable high-latitude regions of the world, according to scientists – has seen a dramatic increase in both the frequency and severity ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2013
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