A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2024
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Flash floods in northern and southwest China have killed at least 20 people and left dozens missing, state media said Saturday, after a week of deadly downpours across the country.
Environment
Jul 21, 2024
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Quality is the core characteristic of cultivated land and is crucial for ensuring sustainable resource utilization and national food security. To meet the increasing demand for food driven by rapid population growth and the ...
Agriculture
Jul 10, 2024
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A second Chinese pangolin was born in the Prague zoo in less than two years and is doing well, defying the odds and surprising park officials.
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2024
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Nearly a quarter of a million people were evacuated in eastern China as rainstorms lashed swathes of the country and caused the Yangtze and other rivers to swell, state media reported Wednesday.
Environment
Jul 3, 2024
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The unified stomatal optimization (USO) series models have shown obvious biases in predicting stomatal conductance (gsw) of tropical rainforest trees, especially under low vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and irradiance conditions. ...
Ecology
Jun 14, 2024
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Karst regions, which cover about 15% of the Earth's land surface, provide freshwater for about a quarter of the world's population. Despite their importance, these areas are prone to frequent and often unnoticed groundwater ...
Earth Sciences
May 20, 2024
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The emergence of Homo sapiens in Eastern Asia has long been a subject of intense research interest, with the scarcity of well-preserved and dated human fossils posing significant challenges.
Archaeology
May 1, 2024
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Species of Micropsalliota (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae) are mainly distributed in tropical and /or subtropical regions. These fungi are saprophytic in general and can decompose lignin and cellulose, ...
Ecology
Apr 24, 2024
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Victims of severe floods in southern China raced on Wednesday to salvage property from the muddy waters as authorities warned of more heavy rains to come.
Environment
Apr 24, 2024
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