In a new global study of more than 46,000 species of trees, an international team of researchers has shown that many tree species are under substantial pressure and poorly protected. The research team, headed by Aarhus University, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2022
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Along most of the historic South Florida coast, mangroves were nature's way of protecting the coast from waves and hurricanes. As development inched closer to the water, seawalls became the method of choice to separate land ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2022
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For neuroscience researcher Boris, "everything fell apart" a month ago, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent decades-long scientific cooperation with the West crashing back to Earth.
Other
Mar 26, 2022
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A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in producing two molecules that are otherwise only formed by microorganisms from extremely contaminated wastewater in an abandoned mine in South Korea. The method, ...
Biochemistry
Dec 6, 2021
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A federal court judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to conduct an environmental assessment of genetically modified salmon that he said was required for the agency's approval of the fish.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2020
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At the dawn of an era scientists have dubbed the Anthropocene, driven by human impact on the planet, the energy industry's four-yearly gathering was forced onto the defensive on climate change.
Environment
Sep 13, 2019
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Google on Thursday confirmed that it has disbanded a recently assembled artificial intelligence ethics advisory panel in the face of controversy over its membership.
Business
Apr 5, 2019
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It was back to the drawing board for Australian scientists Monday after another breeding season for giant pandas failed to produce results at the Adelaide Zoo.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2013
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An innovative new oil-drilling tool concept has seen the light of day.
Engineering
Apr 5, 2013
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The massive Tohoku, Japan, earthquake in 2011 and Sumatra-Andaman superquake in 2004 stunned scientists because neither region was thought to be capable of producing a megathrust earthquake with a magnitude exceeding 8.4.
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2013
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