Breathing poison: Microbial life on nitric oxide respiration
Nitric oxide (NO) is a central molecule in the global cycling of nitrogen, and also toxic. Little is known about if and how microbes...
Record-breaking heat in the summer of 2022 caused more than 61,000 deaths in Europe
The summer of 2022 was the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe and was characterized by an intense series of record-breaking heat waves, droughts...
Developer dollars not enough to save species
Financial payments made by land developers to offset their impacts on threatened species may fall short, according to new research.
Roots are capable of measuring heat on their own
Plant roots have their own thermometer to measure the temperature of the soil around them and they adjust their growth accordingly. Through extensive experiments,...
More menu choices: Migrant orangutans learn a lot about food by watching the locals
Migrant male orangutans on Borneo and Sumatra learn about unfamiliar foods in their new home range by 'peering' at experienced locals: intensely observing them...
Microbial predators cause seasonal fluctuations in wastewater treatment
Seasonal temperature fluctuations only have an indirect influence on the bacterial community in wastewater.
Conservation in Indonesia is at risk, a team of researchers who study the region...
Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a country packed with biodiversity and endangered species. However,...
Human-made materials in nests can bring both risks and benefit for birds
We all discard a huge amount of plastic and other human-made materials into the environment, and these are often picked up by birds. New...
A framework for considering justice aspects in integrated wildfire risk management
AbstractThere is increasing evidence that anthropogenic climate change and socioeconomic development are altering the dynamics of extreme wildfire events, leading to increasing wildfire risk...
Ticks may be able to spread chronic wasting disease between Wisconsin deer
A new study finds that ticks can harbor transmissible amounts of the protein particle that causes Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), implicating the parasites as...