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Climate change is already affecting plants and animals worldwide and is a growing threat to biodiversity, adding a new layer to the existing challenges...
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Two-pore ion channels are present in many eukaryotes -- both animals and plants. While the possible involvement of these channels in environmental stress responses...
A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei
A new study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree...
Newly discovered protein in fungus bypasses plant defenses
Scientists have identified a protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant...
Getting to the root of corn domestication; knowledge may help plant breeders
A unique confluence of archeology, molecular genetics and serendipity guided researchers to a deeper understanding of how modern corn was domesticated from teosinte, a...
Nanoparticles prove effective against the yellow fever mosquito
Before being accidentally introduced to the New World by the 16th century slave trade, the yellow fever mosquito was a species native only to...
Microplastics in the food chain
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at...
Taylor Swift, the millipede: Scientists name a new species after the singer
Taylor Swift, an American singer known for her musical talents, has earned a new accolade. She now has a new species of millipede named...
Tracing regional origin of anything biological: Strontium isoscape mapping
Tracing the regional origin of everything from milk to invasive bugs is now possible thanks to a new project. A strontium isotope map means...
Climate change affects landscape freeze-thaw but not in the same way everywhere
Researchers have use new statistical framework and analysis of datasets to demonstrate how increasing air temperatures and decreasing snow cover work in tandem to...
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