Coal power plant regulations neglect a crucial pollutant
Researchers determine that particle-forming sulfur dioxide is the most damaging pollutant from Texas' coal-fired power plants that lack equipment to scrub emissions.
150-year records gap on Sulawesi ends with five new species in the world’s largest...
Coming 150 years after the last description from Sulawesi, five new species from the world's largest genus of trees, Syzygium, highlight the extent of...
How plants protect themselves from sun damage
Chemists have observed, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that have been proposed for how plants dissipate energy when they are...
Bird data from Ethiopia fills in baseline data gaps
The study establishes baseline observations for tropical birds in East Africa, filling in an important data gap for monitoring biodiversity and tropical ecosystem health...
Solving the riddle of strigolactone biosynthesis in plants
Researchers have discovered the orobanchol synthase responsible for converting the strigolactone (SL) carlactonoic acid, which promotes symbiotic relationships with fungi, into the SL orobanchol,...
Corn variety gets nutrients from bacteria, potentially reducing need for fertilizer
Is it possible to grow cereal crops without having to rely on energy-requiring commercial fertilizers? Researchers now describe a newly identified corn variety which...
From plant odorant detection to sex pheromone communication
Biologists are now able to show that the receptors enabling the primitive moth species, Eriocrania semipurpurella, find an individual of the opposite sex, probably...
Off-season cattle grazing to help control fire danger from invasive cheatgrass
Cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that has invaded Nevada rangelands, is responsible for much of the increasing wildfire danger in the Intermountain West. However,...
Maple syrup: a sweet solution for farmers?
Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved.
‘Specialized’ microbes within plant species promote diversity
Researchers conducted an experiment that suggests microbes can specialize within plant species, which can promote plant species diversity and increased seed dispersal.
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Final notice.
From: The Earth
To: The people of Washington, DC, and particularly to the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
This is a letter to inform you...
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