More than half of all tree species in the world's most diverse forest—the Amazon—may be globally threatened, according to a new study.
Ecology
Nov 20, 2015
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A new study assessing the influence of species diversity of canopy trees on the amount of ozone precursors a forest emits suggests that atmospheric chemistry models in use now may underestimate the importance of tree species ...
Environment
Sep 29, 2015
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Tropical forests in the Andes Mountains are changing in the face of climate change.
Environment
Aug 11, 2015
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(Phys.org)—An unusually large team of researchers (over 140) from all walks of life have worked together to provide a new estimate on the total number of tree species in the three main tropical regions on planet Earth: ...
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that manipulation of a specific gene in a hardwood tree species not only makes it easier to break down the wood into fuel, but also significantly increases tree growth.
Biotechnology
Mar 19, 2015
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Recently released research on human evolution has revealed that species of early human ancestors had significant differences in facial features. Now, a University of Missouri researcher and her international team of colleagues ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 9, 2015
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While human families are easily illustrated as a tree, bacterial families look more like a heap of branches. Scientists are trying to trace the connections between those branches in an effort to learn more about the bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 9, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A large team of researchers with members from the U.S. and Australia has created a paper that delineates the cross-species spillover dynamic involved with viruses that spread from bats to humans. In that paper, ...
Plant diseases attack trees and crops and can hurt lumber and food production, but University of Utah biologists found that pathogens that kill tree seedlings actually can make forests more diverse.
Environment
Nov 11, 2014
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The most comprehensive family tree of meat-eating dinosaurs ever created is enabling scientists to discover key details of how birds evolved from them.
Archaeology
Sep 25, 2014
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