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Initial results of an ongoing study show that aerial imagery produced by multi-spectral sensors as well as less-expensive digital cameras may improve accuracy and...

Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally

New research demonstrates that seagrass meadows are important fishing grounds all around the globe. The work highlights that there is an urgent need to...

What grosses out a chimpanzee? The origins of disgust

Chimps show increased latencies to feed, and tendencies to maintain greater distances from possible contaminants and/or outright refusals to consume food in test conditions,...

Asthma attacks reduced in tree-lined urban neighborhoods

People living in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be admitted to hospital with asthma when there are lots of trees in...

No more deer in the headlights: Study finds large mammals do use road crossing...

A pilot study finds that large mammals are more likely to use wildlife crossing structures than move past a random location in the surrounding...

Plant respiration could become a bigger feedback on climate than expected

New research suggests that plant respiration is a larger source of carbon emissions than previously thought, and warns that as the world warms, this...

Hydrogen fuel from water by harnessing red and near-infrared regions of sunlight

Scientists have synthesized a compound that absorbs near-infrared light to produce hydrogen from water. The compound contains three ruthenium atoms connected by an organic...

European forests might not be realizing their full potential

European forest managers can have their cake and eat it, because according to a new study maximizing timber production in a forest does not...

A popular tool to trace Earth’s oxygen history can give false positives

If someone cries 'Eureka!' because it looks like oxygen appeared in Earth's ancient atmosphere long before the body of evidence indicated, be careful. If...

Evaluation of novel hybrid membranes for carbon capture

Hybrid materials known as mixed matrix membranes are considered a promising approach to capture carbon dioxide and mitigate against global warming. These materials are...

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