Freshwater mussels can inhibit bacterial diseases
Researchers have found brown trout better survived a Flavobacterium disease outbreak if the fish had larvae of freshwater pearl mussel in their gills. In...
A three-dimensional climate-smart conservation approach in the high seas
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01315-7This novel, three-dimensional approach to marine conservation identifies vertically coherent locations for global marine protected areas...
Restructuring of plankton genomic biogeography in the surface ocean under climate change
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01314-8The authors define the global environmental niches of plankton from nano- (viruses) to meso-zooplankton (small metazoans)...
Soil carbon is the blind spot of European national GHG inventories
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01321-9Increasing carbon storage through soils could help mitigate climate change and is an important part of...
Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 04 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01323-7Protecting the ocean from increasing threats requires the development of high-seas marine reserve networks. An approach...
New research shows what it takes to make society change for the better
New research suggests that social change may depend on the relationship between beneficial behaviors and policies. Using an innovative mathematical model, researchers studied a...
‘Flash droughts’ coming on faster, global study shows
Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast -- drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe...
Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze
Scientists analyzed the ethanol content of fruit eaten by spider monkeys in Panama, and found that the fruit regularly contained alcohol: between 1% and...
Drenching rains to pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West
The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating areas recently scarred by wildfires, new research warns....
Origins of the Avars elucidated with ancient DNA
Less known than Attila's Huns, the Avars were their more successful successors. They ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for almost 250 years....
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