Soil testing time saver predicts key soil health characteristics
Farmers in a time crunch have a new, speedier option for analyzing the texture and organic matter content of the soil on their fields.
Farmers in a time crunch have a new, speedier option for analyzing the texture and organic matter content of the soil on their fields.
Agriculture
May 13, 2024
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How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so a research team led by Penn State entomologists examined ...
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2024
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Reptiles that live in sandy soils in dry areas and tolerate high temperatures have been considered beneficiaries of global warming as suitable habitats expand owing to climate change. However, a study by Brazilian researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2024
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The three multimillion-dollar estates perched high on the edge of a Dana Point bluff boast some of the most magnificent views in Orange County: unobstructed panoramas of the crystal blue Pacific, boats moored in the harbor ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2024
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A new species of stalked puffball, a gasteroid fungus, has been named after the "Shai-Hulud" sandworms of Frank Herbert's iconic science fiction novel series "Dune."
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2023
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It is a real problem: Microplastic particles are everywhere. Now a team from the University of Potsdam and HZB has developed a method that allows it for the first time to precisely localize microplastic particles in the soil. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil—in places white and bare as a beach.
Environment
Nov 16, 2023
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You probably know about the Tasmanian devil. You might even know about its smaller, less-famous relative, the spotted-tailed quoll.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2023
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For more than ten years, researchers have been discussing how the numerous circular bare patches in the middle of the African grasslands—the so-called fairy circles—can arise.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2023
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A trained detection dog was highly accurate at finding great crested newts underground or at a distance, which might aid conservation efforts for this highly-endangered species, according to a study published June 7, 2023, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2023
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