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biodiversity
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Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
Kai Kopecky, University of Colorado Boulder and John Kominoski, Florida International University People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death…
Two decades of research show Indonesia’s coral reefs are heat‑tolerant — but only up to a point
Tries Blandine Razak, IPB University Indonesia is home to the world’s largest and most biodiverse coral reef system,…
Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C – but only if they’re the right type
Mohammad A Rahman, The University of Melbourne Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with…
Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY Scott Saleska, University of…
Ebony and ivory: why elephants and forests rise and fall together in the Congo Basin
Matthew Scott Luskin, The University of Queensland The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and…
3 new snailfish species found in Pacific abyss
Researchers using deep-sea technology have discovered three new species of snailfish, including the unique pink 'bumpy snailfish,' living on the abyssal plains off the California coast.
Solar trees can save 99% of forests, study finds
New research published in Scientific Reports demonstrates that innovative solar trees can generate as much power as conventional solar farms while saving 99 percent of forest ecosystems from destruction.
First forests sparked deep-ocean oxygen, study says
A new study reveals how the emergence of Earth’s first forests permanently oxygenated the deep ocean, triggering a significant evolutionary diversification of marine animals approximately 390 million years ago.
70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
DeAgostini/Getty Images James Watson, The University of Queensland; Maximilian Kotz, Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), and…
The 170-Year-Old Experiment Hiding in This Field
For nearly 170 years, a simple patch of grass in England has been the site of the world's longest-running scientific experiment, revealing foundational truths about agriculture, evolution, and climate change.