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Time of Year Important in Projections of Climate Change Effects on Ecosystems
Based on more than 25 years
of data, ecologists looked
at how droughts and heat
waves affect grass growth
during different months of
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Tiny Chameleons Discovered in Madagascar: Small Enough to Stand on the Tip of a Finger
Four new species of
miniaturized lizards have
been identified in
Madagascar. These lizards,
just tens of millimeters
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Sobering Future of Wildfire Dangers in U.S. West, Researchers Predict
The American West has seen a
recent increase in large
wildfires due to droughts,
the build-up of combustible
fuel, or biomass, in
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Bumblebees Get by With a Little Help from Their Honeybee Rivals
Bumblebees can use cues from
their rivals the honeybees
to learn where the best food
resources are, according to
new research. In a new
study, researchers trained a
... > full story
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Explosive Evolution Need Not Follow Mass Extinctions, Study of Ancient Zooplankton Finds
February 13, 2012 — Fossil record of graptoloids challenges the theory that immediately after a mass extinction, species develop new physical traits at a rapid ... > full story -
Fish of Antarctica Threatened by Climate Change
February 13, 2012 — A study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their "anti-freeze" proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed polar conditions -- and ... > full story -
Grass to Gas: Genome Map Speeds Biofuel Development
February 10, 2012 — Researchers have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perennial ... > full story -
Fighting Crimes Against Biodiversity: How to Catch a Killer Weed
February 10, 2012 — Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new ... > full story -
Ocean Microbe Communities Changing, but Long-Term Environmental Impact Is Unclear
February 9, 2012 — As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere – but researchers say it's still unclear whether ... > full story -
Continental Mosquito With 'Vector' Potential Found Breeding in UK After 60 Year Absence
February 8, 2012 — A species of mosquito has been discovered breeding in the UK that has not been seen in the country since 1945. Populations of the mosquito, found across mainland Europe and known only by its Latin ... > full story -
Tuna and Mackerel Populations Have Reduced by 60% in the Last Century
February 8, 2012 — A new study shows that the impact of fishing for tuna and similar species during the last 50 years has lessened the abundance of all these populations by an average of 60%. Experts add that the ... > full story -
Neanderthal Demise Due to Many Influences, Including Cultural Changes
February 7, 2012 — Although many anthropologists believe that modern humans ancestors "wiped out" Neanderthals, it's more likely that Neanderthals were integrated into the human gene pool thousands of years ago during ... > full story -
Invasive Alien Predator Causes Rapid Declines of European Ladybugs
February 6, 2012 — A new study provides compelling evidence that the arrival of the invasive non-native harlequin ladybird (ladybug) to mainland Europe and subsequent spread has led to a rapid decline in ... > full story -
Tree Rings May Underestimate Climate Response to Volcanic Eruptions
February 5, 2012 — Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructions of temperature change because large enough temperature drops lead to greatly shortened or even ... > full story
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