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Researchers equipped monarch butterflies and green darner dragonflies with radio transmitters and tracked them through southern Ontario and several northern States to learn how...

Indian Ocean causes drought and heatwaves in South America

Researchers have revealed that atmospheric waves originating from convection over the Indian Ocean had a dramatic impact on climate conditions over South America and...

Just the tonic! How an afternoon tipple made from peas could help save the...

Using peas instead of wheat to produce gin significantly reduces the carbon footprint associated with the process. This finding could be utilized in the...

Researchers can finally modify plant mitochondrial DNA

Researchers have edited plant mitochondrial DNA for the first time, which could lead to a more secure food supply. Nuclear DNA was first edited...

Grazing animals drove domestication of grain crops

During the Pleistocene, massive herds directed the ecology across much of the globe and caused evolutionary changes in plants. Studies of the ecology and...

Coral bleaching: Altered gene expression may trigger collapse of symbiotic relationship

Researchers have identified the potential genes responsible for coral bleaching caused by temperature elevation.

Top climate risks for Canada, potential for adaptation

An expert panel has identified Canada's top climate change risks and determined that many costs and damages could be avoided with prompt and thoughtful...

Snow algae thrive in high-elevation ice spires, an unlikely oasis for life

High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities, offering an oasis for life in one of Earth's harshest environments as...

Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce

A vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop has been developed by engineers.

AI-designed heat pumps consume less energy

Researchers have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to design next-generation heat-pump compressors. Their method can cut the pumps' power requirement by around...

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