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- How conserving wild beasts like wolves and otters could help with carbon capture Robust populations of just nine species, such as sea otters or gray wolves, or genera, including whales, could drastically reduce carbon. DepositPhotosGray wolves, elephants, wildebeests, and sea otters are a few of the species that can help keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C. The post How conserving wild beasts...
- Microplastics are messing with the microbiomes of seabirds Tiny pieces of plastic are everywhere. They’re in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. By one estimate, some people ingest around a credit card’s worth of plastic every week. Microplastics have been found in human blood, placentas, and feces. But we don’t fully...
- Forests, Vol. 14, Pages 681: Eco-Efficiency Evaluation of Sloping Land Conversio... China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) is the largest ecological restoration program (ERP) in the world. Since its full implementation in China in 2002, it has achieved remarkable eco-effects worldwide. However, few researchers have paid attention to the efficiency behind the ecological achievements. Understanding the eco-efficiency of the Sloping Land...
- Black widows are vanishing. Here's their new enemy. In the spider world, even predators are hunted.Biologists in regions of the Southern U.S. noticed that the iconic black widow spider — known for its telltale hourglass mark and venomous bite — often disappeared when a different species, brown widows, showed up. Now, new research published in the Annals of...
- Some ‘recycled’ product claims are mostly garbage In 2015, recycling is sorted at the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesRecent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math. The post Some ‘recycled’ product claims are mostly garbage appeared first on Popular Science....
- Diagnostics, Vol. 13, Pages 1223: Sonographic and Magnetic Resonance Characteris... Introduction: Gynecological sarcomas are rare malignant tumors with an incidence of 1.5-3/100′000 and are 3–9% of all malignant uterine tumors. The preoperative differentiation between sarcoma and myoma becomes increasingly important with the development of minimally invasive treatments for myomas, as this means undertreatment for sarcoma. There are currently no reliable...
- Nanomaterials, Vol. 13, Pages 1151: Magnetic Nanocomposites for the Remote Activ... The widespread presence of numerous organic contaminants in water poses a threat to the ecological environment and human health. Magnetic nanocomposites exposed to an alternating magnetic field (AMF) have a unique ability for magnetically mediated energy delivery (MagMED) resulting from the embedded magnetic nanoparticles; this localized energy delivery and associated...
- Restinga ectomycorrhizae: a work in progress [version 1; peer review: awaiting p... Background: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest is one of the most biodiverse terrestrial ecoregions of the world. Among its constituents, restinga vegetation makes a particular case, acting as a buffer zone between the oceans and the forest. Covering some 80% of Brazilian coastline (over 7,300 km in length), restinga is a...
- The US inches closer to protecting 30 percent of all its lands and oceans President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the US Interior Department on March 21, 2023. The summit is meant to highlight the administration's investments to advance conservation, restoration, and stewardship efforts, as well as access to nature in communities nationwide. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty...
- Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of... Increased nitrate availability may have enabled ecological dominance of marine eukaryotes 800 million years ago....
- Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of... Increased nitrate availability may have enabled ecological dominance of marine eukaryotes 800 million years ago....
- Save caterpillars by turning off your outdoor lights Under moderate levels of artificial light, predators have more opportunity to attack caterpillars. John Deitsch/Cornell UniversityJust a moderate amount of artificial light can make baby butterflies more susceptible to predators. The post Save caterpillars by turning off your outdoor lights appeared first on Popular Science....