Research says high energy fire influences prescribed burn effectiveness
Fighting woody plant encroachment with prescribed burns may be more effective than land managers previously thought.
Fighting woody plant encroachment with prescribed burns may be more effective than land managers previously thought.
Environment
Jun 14, 2024
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The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is seeking the public's help in naming a 70-foot-long sauropod skeleton unearthed by the museum's paleontologists.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 14, 2024
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Bacteriophages, viruses that attack and destroy bacteria, are everywhere in the natural world where they play a vital role in regulating microbe populations in ways that are not yet well understood.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2024
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Malawi's increasingly unpredictable rainfall and higher than usual temperatures are causing problems for smallholder farmers. Soil erosion has increased, causing soil fertility and water availability to decline. Crops often ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2024
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Corn is one of the planet's most important crops. It not only provides sweet kernels to flavor many dishes, but it's also used in oils, as a sweetener syrup, and as a feed crop for livestock. Corn has been bred to maximize ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2024
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An international research team has undertaken a study of plants in the Mongolian grasslands to evaluate the stability of these plant communities over time. They specifically looked at how the dryness of the climate impacted ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 12, 2024
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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake cracked walls, spilled items from store shelves and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea on Wednesday, but no injuries have been reported.
Environment
Jun 12, 2024
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A new vegetarian piranha-like species discovered by scientists in the Brazilian Amazon has been named Sauron after the Lord of the Rings villain, Britain's Natural History Museum said on Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2024
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When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food to build its own body, or it respires its meal as carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.
Environment
Jun 11, 2024
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Goldenrod can perceive other plants nearby without ever touching them, by sensing far-red light ratios reflected off leaves. When goldenrod is eaten by herbivores, it adapts its response based on whether or not another plant ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2024
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