Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
Some scientists suspect that amino acids were transported to Earth by meteorites. A team has now found that an amino acid called carbamic acid forms at extreme cold temperatures, suggesting that it may have been created on clumps of ice...Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
Billions of dollars are pouring into the carbon dioxide removal industry, which aims to clean up emissions and slow global warming, but few companies have delivered results. Is the technology a planetary saviour or a risky bet?Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from World news: Animals | theguardian.com
The climate crisis, invasive species, overexploitation of resources and pollution could break down crucial ecosystems. We asked experts to lay out the risks and offer some solutions The continued destruction of nature across the planet...Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from Environment: Wildlife | theguardian.com
The natural world is caught in a vicious cycle – extreme weather is destroying natural habitats and wildlife, yet these are crucial to fighting the climate crisis Nature loss and the climate crisis are locked in a vicious cycle. These...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A Hobart-based solicitor built his reputation as "the foremost scientist in the colony" in the mid-1800s, despite limited contributions to scientific knowledge.Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A DAUCO team finds that silicon is a potential means of promoting plant growth, probably by favoring the absorption of nutrients such as potassiumTuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
The domesticated apple (Malus ×domestica) is an economically valuable crop and an important source of nutrients and calories throughout temperate regions of the world. Fruit production is directly influenced by bloom time, which is a...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Allison Pease grew up fascinated by river fish, spending countless summers in a mask beneath the surface of Texas creeks. Now a fish ecologist in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, Pease...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Scientists have unraveled the evolutionary journey of a unique type of photosynthesis that allows some bacteria to harness far-red light, a region beyond the visible spectrum. This discovery could pave the way for engineering plants with...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Researchers have developed a way of joining up the head and tail of a protein, making it more stable and easier to get into cells.Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Researchers have provided new insights into how ancestral elephants developed their dextrous trunks. A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Researchers characterize nearly 600 microbial genomes collected from goldmine. The study illuminates 'microbial dark matter' residing below the surface. Microbes divide into two groups: minimalists that have one, specialized job or...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Biologists investigated the snook’s almost 400-mile migration up into the rainforest habitat of the Usumacinta River. They have found that the snook, which connect aquatic food webs and support fisheries, spawn and start their lives in...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Seychelles is a special place for whales and dolphins. And yet, while its corals, turtles and sharks are relatively well studied, little is known about its cetaceans. Now scientists from the University of Seychelles, Florida...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Researchers have concluded that Saudi Arabia is likely no longer home to sustainable populations of Arabian leopards, as detailed in the journal Oryx.Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Our park ponds typically hold good numbers of mallards, and urban grassy areas often hold concentrations of geese. In the UK, Canada Geese are an abundant and widespread alien species, well known for fouling parks with their feces.Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A pair of environmental and life scientists, one with the University of Newcastle, in Australia, the other the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research, has found that one species of mosquito native to Australia targets only...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
What we pay for food and other goods doesn’t reflect the environmental and social damage they cause. But a radical new approach to economics could change thatTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
Cannabis attitudes are undergoing a seismic shift but what do really know about the drug? Our three-part special podcast series is uncovering the science of marijuanaTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
Rather than assuming medical conditions happen because something in the body has “gone wrong”, considering evolutionary explanations for illnesses and symptoms may help us better understand how to treat themTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
A study comparing weather records with climate model projections suggests that the latest models are underestimating how often future rainfall extremes will occurTuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A team of zoologists, environmental scientists, marine biologists and life scientists affiliated with several institutions in Ireland and the U.K. has found that despite international bans, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) continue...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A team of scientists from Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed an unexpected function of a transport protein and its role in plant regulatory mechanisms. Their...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
Some countries are pushing for an agreement to phase out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, but others argue that such a deal wouldn't be fairTuesday, November 28, 2023 from World news: Animals | theguardian.com
Exclusive: Previously unpublished records show millions of animals traded over long distances between European countries or exported globally Europe live – latest updates Previously unpublished records have revealed evidence about the...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from World news: Animals | theguardian.com
New research has revealed the extraordinary mating habits of serotine bats. They are far from the only creatures to take an unexpected approach to intercourse On a dark November afternoon at Southampton’s City Farm , the animals are...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from AllAfrica News: Wildlife
[FrontPageAfrica] Seredou -- Liberia Forestry Development Authority (FDA), Guinea Forestry Center of N'Zerekore (CFZ), Fauna & Flora, and Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection organized a cross-border training for joint...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
The maximum lifespan of mammalian species such as humans can be estimated from so-called epigenetic markers - and altering those might extend our longevityTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
The Tiangong space station, China’s orbiting laboratory, was completed last year – now it has been photographed in full for the first timeTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
A fundamental trade-off between the resolution of a clock and its accuracy could have important implications for quantum computers, which must measure short timescales accuratelyTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
Almost every element in the universe, including those that make up our bodies, was created by a process that began when the earliest stars exploded - and now the James Webb Space Telescope may have seen signs of those supernovaeTuesday, November 28, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
A robot paw made from half a silicone ball could help robots keep their footing, thanks to an internal camera that monitors how its shape deformsTuesday, November 28, 2023 from Environment: Wildlife | theguardian.com
Studies of cetaceans stranded in UK waters show high levels of toxins 20 years since global ban of most PCBs, say scientists Nearly half of the whales and dolphins found in UK waters over the past five years contained harmful...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Environment: Wildlife | theguardian.com
The Guardian’s journalism shines a spotlight on the climate crisis and the damage being done to the natural world, holding governments and powerful interests to account – this is how we do it Why the Guardian’s climate and nature...Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Tetrodotoxin, the neurotoxin that makes a blue-ringed octopus deadly, also protects Taricha newts—but we don't understand how they produce it, or what purposes it serves for them.Monday, November 27, 2023 from World Wildlife Fund Stories
This year’s COP is critical as an inflection point in the transition away from fossil fuels and towards a renewable energy economy. We need to rapidly scale clean energy, and we need to do it while minimizing harm to nature.Monday, November 27, 2023 from World Wildlife Fund Stories
The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) is the United Nations’ 28th annual climate summit, and it is being held at a critical time for the world. The summit is taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
A new study from atmospheric scientists revealed that the coastline can produce up to five times the concentration of giant sea salt aerosols compared to the open ocean and that coastal clouds may contain more of these particles than...Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as it recycles nutrients from wastewater streams, reduces leaching of...Monday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
In 1970, there were approximately 10 billion birds in North America. Now, there are around 7 billion, representing a loss of over a quarter of the continent's birds.Monday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as it recycles...Monday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
University of Helsinki researchers have collected data about the personality traits of thousands of dogs, cats and their owners to explore owner–pet attachment. The data encompass about 2,500 pet owners and 3,300 pets. The work is...Monday, November 27, 2023 from New Scientist - Mysteries of the Deep Sea
An iceberg more than four times the size of New York City began drifting again after being stuck on the seafloor for nearly 40 yearsMonday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
In the 50 years since monk parakeets arrived in Europe and spread across the continent, the species has developed distinct dialects that vary across countries and cities, according to a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institutes...Monday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
A critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born in Indonesia's western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the second Sumatran rhino born in the country this year and a welcome addition to a species that currently numbers fewer than 50 animals.Monday, November 27, 2023 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals News
Life on Earth is facing the greatest rate of extinction in history—and humans are the disruptive force, according to a leading ecologist.Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Scientists have found both potential threats and promising resources in the thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on plastic trash washed up on shores. Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
A researcher is keen to help beekeepers shape their practices following his study which appears to disprove the widespread belief that honeybees naturally insulate their colonies against the cold. His findings suggest that the creatures...Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Nearly a third of the world's mine tailings are stored within or near protected conservation areas, new research has found.Monday, November 27, 2023 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals News
Scientists have made a surprising discovery that sheds new light on the role that oceanic deoxygenation (anoxia) played in one of the most devastating extinction events in Earth's history. Their finding has implications for current day...