Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in respiratory emergencies in a region already hit hard by COVID-19, said a study published Wednesday.
Environment
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In the American Southwest, native desert bighorn sheep populations found in landscapes with minimal human disturbance, including several national parks, are less likely to be vulnerable to climate change, according to a new ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 26, 2020
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The detection more than a decade ago by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope of an excess of high-energy radiation in the center of the Milky Way convinced some physicists that they were seeing evidence of the annihilation ...
Astronomy
Aug 26, 2020
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Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country's fisheries minister said, dismissing any link to a devastating oil spill earlier this month.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2020
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For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2020
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Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable" and capable of sinking entire communities. Authorities implored coastal ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2020
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The quest is on for a better way to kill beautiful but brutally destructive lionfish than shooting them one by one with spearguns.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2020
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered a metal-free carbon-based catalyst that has the potential to be much less expensive and more efficient for many industrial concerns, including ...
Materials Science
Aug 26, 2020
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In a study published in the Journal of Morphology, a team of researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Florida Museum of Natural History, Louisiana State University and Thailand's Maejo University have successfully ...
Evolution
Aug 26, 2020
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An international team of researchers has discovered a new group of Chlamydiae—Anoxychlamydiales—living under the ocean floor without oxygen. These Chlamydiae have genes that allow them to survive without oxygen while ...
Evolution
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