Scientists have modified proteins involved in plants' natural response to stress, making them the basis of innovative tests for multiple chemicals, including banned pesticides and deadly, synthetic cannabinoids.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2022
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The Third Pole, which encompasses the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding mountain ranges, is the third largest reservoir of ice and snow after the North and South poles.
Environment
Jun 14, 2022
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A black canister with yellow filter inside—resembling a cross between a trash can and big pool skimmer—was dunked in the Schuylkill River at Bartram's Garden park in Philadelphia and emptied daily from May to June to ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
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After hearing hours of heated debate, the California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach.
Environment
May 13, 2022
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Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in urban creeks.
Ecology
May 6, 2022
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Although stream restoration filters pollutants out of local waterways and improves the health of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore area neighborhoods where it would do the most for water quality are far less willing to pay for ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2022
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The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced it would restore safeguards in a cornerstone environmental law weakened under Donald Trump—including a duty to assess the climate impacts of proposed infrastructure ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2022
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With a third year of drought shrinking the creeks that cascade down the eastern Sierra Nevada, the level of Mono Lake has fallen so low it has triggered a 72% reduction in the amount of water Los Angeles can divert from area ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2022
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Researchers from UNSW Sydney have confirmed the likely disappearance of platypuses from the Royal National Park, based on results of recent environmental DNA (eDNA).
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2022
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To our horror, another mass coral bleaching event may be striking the Great Barrier Reef, with water temperatures reaching up to 3 degrees Celsius higher than average in some places. This would be the sixth such event since ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2022
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