Broccoli looks more like cauliflower in a warmer world
A new study identifies the genetic underpinnings for why broccoli heads become abnormal when it's hot, providing insight into effects of climate-induced warming for...
Is ‘fear’ driving bias in environmental scholarship?
Scientists understand that fear of predation affects animal behavior within landscapes. Now researchers are using a similar hypothesis -- which they are calling 'social-ecological...
Studies identify new strategies for insect control
New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has potential in insect control through volatile repellents that could be applied on surfaces...
Climate ‘presses’ and ‘pulses’ impact Magellanic penguins — a marine predator — with guidance...
Climate change will reshape ecosystems through two types of events: short-term, extreme events -- or 'pulses' -- and long-term changes, or 'presses.' Understanding the...
Urban lizards share genomic markers not found in forest-dwellers
Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest lizards, according to a new study. The genetic variations linked...
Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon
Tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for years afterwards, contrary to previous assumptions, finds a new study.
Air quality improvements lead to more sulfur fertilizer use
As the atmospheric deposition of sulfur has decreased, the use of sulfur fertilizer in Midwestern U.S. agriculture has increased between 1985 and 2015.
Jet engine lubrication oils are a major source of ultrafine particles
Recent measurements have shown that Frankfurt International Airport is a major source of ultrafine particles and that these can disperse over long distances across...
Chemical researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
Researchers have invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates...
AI developed to monitor changes to the globally important Thwaites Glacier
Scientists have developed artificial intelligence techniques to track the development of crevasses -- or fractures -- on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue in west...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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