Biodegradable organic materials, such as low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) and dissolved organic fertilizers, are usually used as heavy metal-mobilizing agents. Increasing their effects on the absorption of cadmium ...
Environment
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Bacteria are survival artists: When they get nutrition, they multiply rapidly, albeit they can also survive periods of hunger. But, when they grow too quickly, their ability to survive is hampered, as studies by a research ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 06, 2020
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Plants have to interpret temperature fluctuations over timescales ranging from hours to months to align their growth and development with the seasons.
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2020
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Over the past quarter-century, changes in Antarctic sea-ice cover have had profound impacts on life on the ocean floor. As biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute report in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications, ...
Ecology
May 07, 2020
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Visitors to the White Eagle Memorial Preserve in southern Washington won't find rows of headstones, manicured lawns or pathways to a loved one's final resting place. Instead, they stroll through an oak and ponderosa forest ...
Environment
Nov 22, 2019
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Slow-growing ponderosa pines may have a better chance of surviving longer than fast-growing ones, especially as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought, according to new research from the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2019
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On Dec. 5, the Global Carbon Project published the Global Carbon Budget 2018, giving world leaders access to data on atmospheric carbon concentrations, emissions and trends. Illinois atmospheric scientist Atul Jain was among ...
Environment
Dec 06, 2018
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A study by scientists at UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University, data61 and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has shown why some tropical tree species die and others survive, revealing new insights into the processes ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2018
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Loggers need to control their appetite for slow-growing trees to spare the Amazon rainforest from deforestation.
Environment
Aug 07, 2018
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