Draining Wetlands for Farms Yields Poor Harvests and Soaring Flood Risk
A global satellite-based analysis finds that croplands converted from wetlands since 2000 contribute only 0.1 percent of world crop production ...
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Hidden Climate Feedbacks Could Add Up to 30% More Warming This Century, Scientists Warn
A major new study finds that warming-induced emissions from permafrost, wetlands, wildfires, and inland waters could amplify global warming by ...
Satellite Radar Maps of a Sinking Gulf Coast Tell Conflicting Stories
A new comparison of two satellite radar datasets along the central U.S. Gulf Coast reveals they barely agree outside dense ...
Mossy Wetlands Defy Standard Methods for Splitting Water Losses
A comparison of ten evapotranspiration partitioning methods across four Canadian moss-covered wetlands finds no consistent winner and exposes deep uncertainty ...
Alligator Leeches Reveal a Hidden Core Microbiome Built for a Blood-Only Diet
A sweeping survey of Placobdella leeches from American alligators across the southeastern United States reveals a conserved core microbiome, four ...
EU Policies Aligned to Restore Landscape Sponge Function, New Brief Urges
A joint policy brief from three EU-funded projects recommends five priority actions to embed catchment-scale sponge restoration across EU water, ...
Ancient Capybara Fossil Reveals the Atacama Desert Was Once a Lush Wetland
A nearly 9-million-year-old capybara tooth from Chile's Atacama Desert reveals the region once hosted wetlands, crocodiles, and palms, challenging its ...
Where Wetlands Feed and Farms Sustain: Mapping the Hidden Multifunctionality of a Spanish Landscape
A new interdisciplinary study of Spain's Villafáfila wetlands combines biophysical indicators, stakeholder mapping, and risk perception analysis to reveal that ...
Thirty Years of Satellite Eyes Reveal an Indian City Swallowing Its Wetlands
A three-decade Landsat analysis of Ara city, India, shows urban expansion significantly eroding vegetation and wetland health while reshaping the ...
Satellite images reveal Ghana’s Garden City is losing its green soul
A decade of satellite imagery and surveys shows Greater Kumasi lost nearly a third of its natural areas while most ...
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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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