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Tag: Nature
Team finds bovine kobuvirus in US
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan in 2003 has made its way to the U.S., researchers report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases . Bovine kobuvirus is fairly new to science, so…
Team finds bovine kobuvirus in US
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan in 2003 has made its way to the U.S., researchers report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases . Bovine kobuvirus is fairly new to science, so…
Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This can cause harm when the nutrients end up in rivers and lakes. However, there are other sources of excess nutrients you might not…
New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are…
New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are…
Connecting agriculture, public gardens and science
Groups collaborate on future ventures
Top 5 ways we can support soil
Join in celebrating World Soil Day on December 5th
Degrowth is the key to tackling climate change — but it won’t be easy
Atlas Award-winning study in Elsevier’s Futures journal highlights barriers we will need to overcome
Degrowth is the key to tackling climate change — but it won’t be easy
Atlas Award-winning study in Elsevier’s Futures journal highlights barriers we will need to overcome
What’s driving erosion worldwide?
Soil erosion is a global problem that threatens food security and the functioning of ecosystems. It has an adverse effect on water and air and, of course, on the soil itself. It also produces a number of harmful knock-on effects;…
What’s driving erosion worldwide?
Soil erosion is a global problem that threatens food security and the functioning of ecosystems. It has an adverse effect on water and air and, of course, on the soil itself. It also produces a number of harmful knock-on effects;…
Anthracnose alert: How bacteria prime fifth-biggest global grain crop against deadly fungus
Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide. Priming with rhizobacteria can boost the plants’ resistance and tolerance against a wide range of adverse conditions such as microbial attacks. University of Johannesburg researchers decoded how…
Anthracnose alert: How bacteria prime fifth-biggest global grain crop against deadly fungus
Anthracnose of Sorghum bicolor devastates crops of the drought- and heat-resistant cereal worldwide. Priming with rhizobacteria can boost the plants’ resistance and tolerance against a wide range of adverse conditions such as microbial attacks. University of Johannesburg researchers decoded how…
Stem Cell Therapy Helps Broken Hearts Heal in Unexpected Way
A study in Nature shows stem cell therapy helps hearts recover from a heart attack, although not for the biological reasons originally proposed two decades ago that today are the basis of ongoing clinical trials. The study reports that injecting living or even dead heart stem cells into the injured hearts of mice triggers an acute inflammatory process, which in turn generates a wound healing-like response to enhance the mechanical properties of the injured area.
Habitat restoration alone not enough to support threatened caribou: UBC study
Other conservation methods may also be needed until restored sites are more established
NJIT’s Chrystoff Camacho wins an Edison patent award for an aerial reforestation device
Chrystoff Camacho, an inventor and budding entrepreneur who developed an aerial reforestation device while he was an engineering technology student at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council…
The landscape market has a category for any activity level
Consumers are evaluated on an active/passive continuum
Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages
Feeding the urban masses the smart way
The landscape market has a category for any activity level
Consumers are evaluated on an active/passive continuum
Using controlled environment food production to solve food shortages
Feeding the urban masses the smart way
A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked
On some of the Galapagos Islands where human-introduced predators of Darwin’s finches were eradicated over a decade ago, the finches are still acting as though they are in danger, according to research published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology…
New report: The impact of energy booms on local workers
A new IZA World of Labor report publishing today finds energy booms create a broad set of benefits for local workers in the short term including lower unemployment and higher wages. But there are externalities to consider and the long…
Decarbonizing the power sector
Renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
Decarbonizing the power sector
Renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
Saving ‘half Earth’ for nature would affect over a billion people
As the extinction crisis escalates, and protest movements grow, some are calling for hugely ambitious conservation targets. Among the most prominent is sparing 50% of the Earth’s surface for nature. ‘Half Earth’ and similar proposals have gained traction with conservationists…
Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, pest control and water security.
Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, pest control and water security.
RIVERS analyses the relationship between water and the human rights of indigenous peoples
ERC Grant H2020 Research project of the UC3M
Winners of the 2019 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
Strong local reporting on the status of Puget Sound’s killer whales, the degradation of soils in a region of France, air quality in Utah, and the impact of an Idaho nuclear research facility are among the winning entries for the…
RIVERS analyses the relationship between water and the human rights of indigenous peoples
ERC Grant H2020 Research project of the UC3M
Winners of the 2019 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards
Strong local reporting on the status of Puget Sound’s killer whales, the degradation of soils in a region of France, air quality in Utah, and the impact of an Idaho nuclear research facility are among the winning entries for the…
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it gets better, even if we don’t think the taste is spot on. New research from Future Consumer Lab at the University of Copenhagen demonstrates this.
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it gets better, even if we don’t think the taste is spot on. New research from Future Consumer Lab at the University of Copenhagen demonstrates this.
New findings on nitrous oxide emissions from northern trees surprised scientists
A recently published study, completed by researchers from the University of Helsinki together with Dr Katerina Machacova, a visiting scholar, demonstrates that boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere are sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). The study provides…
Putting a conservation finger on the internet’s pulse
Scientists from the University of Helsinki have figured out how to mine people’s online reactions to endangered animals and plants, so that they can reduce the chance of pushing species toward extinction. When the last male northern white rhinoceros died…
New findings on nitrous oxide emissions from northern trees surprised scientists
A recently published study, completed by researchers from the University of Helsinki together with Dr Katerina Machacova, a visiting scholar, demonstrates that boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere are sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). The study provides…
Putting a conservation finger on the internet’s pulse
Scientists from the University of Helsinki have figured out how to mine people’s online reactions to endangered animals and plants, so that they can reduce the chance of pushing species toward extinction. When the last male northern white rhinoceros died…
Minimizing post-harvest food losses
Research team from Graz, Austria, develops biological methods to improve the shelf life of fruit and vegetables
MSU physics faculty’s breakthrough research resolves years-old proton size puzzle
This research, titled the “Proton Radius Experiment” and performed by a national scientific team including three MSU physicists, publishes today in Nature, the international journal of science.
Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change
Given resource constraints, climate change adaptation policies require fine-grained monetary valuation of vulnerable ecosystem services at the national scale to consider policy priority setting. However, prevailing evaluations have been spatially and temporally limited due to technical limitations. This study adopts…
Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change
Given resource constraints, climate change adaptation policies require fine-grained monetary valuation of vulnerable ecosystem services at the national scale to consider policy priority setting. However, prevailing evaluations have been spatially and temporally limited due to technical limitations. This study adopts…
To save biodiversity, scientists suggest ‘mega-conservation’
To save biodiversity, scientists suggest ‘mega-conservation’ — starting with one of the most prolific species in the world
Does climate change affect real estate prices? Only if you believe in it
A new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business shows that at-risk homes sell for more in areas where people don’t believe in climate change
New research project to tackle emergency natural disaster response problems
A new research project aims to tackle problems and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness and response in countries badly affected by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
New research project to tackle emergency natural disaster response problems
A new research project aims to tackle problems and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness and response in countries badly affected by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
Just 15 years of post-Paris emissions to lock in 20 cm of sea level rise in 2300: study
Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years’ worth of emissions released under their current Paris Agreement pledges alone would cause 20 cm of sea-level rise over the longer term, according to new research published today…
Just 15 years of post-Paris emissions to lock in 20 cm of sea level rise in 2300: study
Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years’ worth of emissions released under their current Paris Agreement pledges alone would cause 20 cm of sea-level rise over the longer term, according to new research published today…
New research project to tackle emergency natural disaster response problems
A new research project aims to tackle problems and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness and response in countries badly affected by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
Just 15 years of post-Paris emissions to lock in 20 cm of sea level rise in 2300: study
Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years’ worth of emissions released under their current Paris Agreement pledges alone would cause 20 cm of sea-level rise over the longer term, according to new research published today…