Fungi, specifically those that are "mycorrhizal," are natural allies of the forest because they improve tree nutrient acquisition. But which of the mycorrhizal feeding strategies yields the greatest tree diversity in a forest: ...
Ecology
Feb 24, 2022
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Trying to piece together the appearance of life on Earth is a little like looking through a kaleidoscope. There are competing theories for where Earth's water came from, and there's incomplete evidence for how the moon formed ...
Astronomy
Feb 10, 2022
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This study is led by Dr. Bin He (College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University) and Dr. Wenping Yuan (School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University). Terrestrial ecosystem, as a major ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2021
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UNLV researchers and colleagues may have identified the first known planet to orbit three stars.
Astronomy
Oct 2, 2021
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Can life spread throughout a galaxy like the Milky Way without technological intervention? That question is largely unanswered. A new study is taking a swing at that question by using a simulated galaxy that's similar to ...
Astrobiology
Sep 27, 2021
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In the early solar system, terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are thought to have formed from planetesimals, small early planets. These early planets grew over time, through collisions and mergers, to ...
Astronomy
Sep 1, 2021
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The habitats of freshwater fish species are threatened by global warming, mainly due to rising water temperatures. A 3.2-degree Celsius increase in global mean temperature would threaten more than half of the habitat for ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2021
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The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the solar system and the processes of planet formation.
Astronomy
Dec 17, 2019
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Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life, according to an astrophysicist at the University of Lincoln.
Astronomy
Jun 4, 2019
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In 1960, famed theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson made a radical proposal. In a paper titled "Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infrared Radiation," he suggested that advanced extra-terrestrial intelligences (ETIs) ...
Astronomy
May 20, 2019
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