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Scientists have identified a key chemical associated with lethal bronzing (LB) infected palm trees. LB is a bacterial disease that kills more than 20...
Protecting large ocean areas doesn’t curb fishing catches
In the first-ever 'before and after' assessment of the impact of establishing Mexico's Revillagigedo National Park on the fishing industry, a team of US...
Ground beneath Thwaites Glacier mapped
The ground beneath Antarctica's most vulnerable glacier has now been mapped, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change....
Fairy tales offer accessible ways to communicate energy research in the social sciences to...
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Saved from extinction, Southern California’s Channel Island Foxes now face new threat to survival
Starting in the 1990s, Island Fox populations began to dwindle due to an outbreak of canine distemper and an increase in attacks by golden...
Light conveyed by the signal transmitting molecule sucrose controls growth of plant roots
Researchers shows how information about the quantity of absorbed light passes from the leaves to the roots. Photosynthetic sucrose not only supplies roots with...
World leading health experts say aviation industry must act on cabin fumes as they...
A group of world leading health and scientific experts are calling on the aviation industry to take action to protect passengers and aircrew from...
Mitigating climate change through restoration of coastal ecosystems
Researchers are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Seagrass and mangroves -- known...
New catalyst lowers cost for producing environmentally sustainable hydrogen from water
A team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production of...
How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds
Insects use odor plumes -- which travel like smoke and form when the wind blows odor molecules from their source -- to track down...
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