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12-06-2018
New houseplant can guide itself toward sunlight when necessary
Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled...
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12-06-2018
New York City is still highly populated with native tree species
A new study by Yale University scientists in collaboration with...
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12-06-2018
Wheat plants can switch chemical defenses to guard against pests
Plants have built-in defense systems that help them cope with...
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12-04-2018
With human interference, local species are replaced by common ones
A new study published December 4th in the journal PLOS...
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12-04-2018
Machine learning will make it easier to identify threatened species
While the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red...
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12-03-2018
Prescribed burns can help peatlands when managed properly
Researchers at the University of Liverpool are reporting that prescribed...
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12-01-2018
Lighter snowpack can hinder tree growth, limit carbon storage
Snowpack refers to the accumulation of snow over the winter...
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11-30-2018
Climate change could trigger a cascade of extinctions domino effect
A team of experts at the European Commission’s Joint Research...
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11-29-2018
Christmas trees and other valuable plants aren’t protected globally
A new report from the Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),...
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11-27-2018
The Arctic is turning brown due to extreme weather and melting
The Arctic is turning brown, as a new study has...
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11-27-2018
Newly discovered deep-sea microbes feed on greenhouse gasses
New species of microbes discovered in the Guaymas Basin in...
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11-22-2018
The mysterious origins of patchouli
“Now get your patchouli stink out of my store!” hollers...
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