Special drone collects environmental DNA from trees
Ecologists are increasingly using traces of genetic material left behind by living organisms left behind in the environment, called environmental ...
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Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees
Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they’re also subject to intense storms that ...
As climate warms, drier air likely to be more stressful than less rainfall for Douglas-fir trees
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Douglas-fir trees will likely experience more stress from drier air as the climate changes than they will ...
Early humans may have first walked upright in the trees
Human bipedalism – walking upright on two legs – may have evolved in trees, and not on the ground as ...
In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other animals ...
Forest wildflowers and their overstory trees are changing with climate, but not always keeping pace
For spring ephemerals, timing is everything. These special wildflowers grow in temperate forests around the world, early in spring before ...
Old-growth trees show higher drought resistance than younger trees Study highlights importance of conserving old-growth forests as major carbon sinks
Reforestation has been identified as a potential nature-based solution to mitigate climate change in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Cheetah marking trees are hotspots for communication also for other species
Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent ...
Old-growth trees more drought tolerant than younger ones, providing a buffer against climate change
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AT 11 A.M ET THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 2022 Photos ANN ARBOR—A new analysis of more than ...
Half of replanted tropical trees don’t survive, new study finds
On average, about half of trees planted in tropical and sub-tropical forest restoration efforts do not survive more than five ...
Lianas more likely to infest smaller trees in Southeast Asian forests, transforming knowledge in understudied area
Woody climbing plants, known as lianas, are more likely to infest smaller trees in Malaysian forests and therefore stop them ...
Trees get overheated in a warmer rainforest
The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change. This is due to photosynthesis rates ...
Differences in fungus found in reared and wild ambrosia beetles suggest artificial method to prevent wilt disease in trees
A recent study in Japan has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those ...
Climate change: A threat to urban trees
Trees play an essential role in the well-being of city dwellers — but for how long? An international research team, ...
Thyme among almond trees: it mitigates climate change and increases the land’s production
The introduction of perennial crops in the alleys of Mediterranean dryland almond orchards reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases soil ...
Planting trees not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide
Tree-planting has been widely seen as an effective way of binding carbon as carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere. ...
Scientists discover compound found in trees has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria
Researchers have found a naturally occurring compound, known as hydroquinine, has bacterial killing activity against several microorganisms. Antimicrobial resistance has ...
Zapped survivors: Some tropical trees won’t be defeated by lightning
Sheltering under a tall tree during a thunderstorm is not a great idea, given that lightning often strikes the tallest ...
Researchers complete first comprehensive threat assessment of all U.S. trees
Lisle, Ill. (August 23, 2022)—For the first time, researchers have completed threat assessments for all 881 native tree species in ...
Idea of ice age ‘species pump’ in the Philippines boosted by new way of drawing evolutionary trees
LAWRENCE — Does the Philippines’ astonishing biodiversity result in part from rising and falling seas during the ice ages? Credit: ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests