Grasslands on a Knife Edge: Leaf Water Trade-Offs Govern Steppe Ecosystems
A large-scale survey of 306 sites on the Mongolian Plateau shows that a community-wide trade-off between leaf hydraulic efficiency and ...
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Dzud Disasters Set to Devastate Mongolia’s Herds, But a Market Fix Could Save Millions of Animals
A new integrated climate–rangeland–society study projects that Mongolia's dzud disasters will intensify from the mid-2030s, killing up to 11 million ...
Hidden Trade-Offs Between Plant Traits and Root Chemicals Drive Survival Under Decades of Grazing
A 22-year grazing experiment in an arid Chinese grassland reveals a conserved trade-off between plant functional trait coordination and rhizosphere ...
New Index Tracks How Shifting Rain Boundaries Expose China’s Counties
Researchers have developed a Weighted Isohyet-shift Index that converts the wandering of China's 400 mm precipitation boundary into direction-sensitive, county-level ...
Namibia’s Skeleton Coast reveals how desert fans record ancient climate clues
A parametric study of 67 drainage systems along Namibia's Skeleton Coast shows that fan gradient and confinement, rather than climate ...
Global Heatwaves Now Arrive Earlier and Intensify Faster, Study Finds
A 45-year global analysis shows heatwave seasons lengthening by about 39 days and first heatwaves developing more rapidly, with growing ...
Severe Drought Flips the Balance Between Resistance and Recovery in China’s Drylands
A new satellite-based study of northern China's drylands shows that severe drought transforms the positive link between vegetation drought resistance ...
Terraces That Heal: Conservation Structures Rebuild Soil and Water in Ethiopia’s Highlands
A factorial field study in Ethiopia's Tigray highlands shows that integrated soil and water conservation measures significantly reduce compaction, boost ...
Global Farming Overhaul Boosts Microbial Carbon in World’s Cropland Soils
A global synthesis of 221 studies finds that sustainable land management practices raise soil microbial biomass carbon by an average ...
Four Decades of Satellite Data Reveal Growing Boom-and-Bust Chaos in Greening Drylands
A 40-year satellite analysis shows that CO2-driven greening in drylands masks escalating year-to-year vegetation volatility that global vegetation models fail ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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