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• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Paleontology
  Dinosaurs
  Nature
  Human Evolution
   

  Evolution Rewritten, Again and Again

  August 31, 2010 — Palaeontologists are forever claiming that their latest fossil discovery will "rewrite evolutionary history." Is this just boasting or does our "knowledge" of evolution radically change every time we ... > full story
• Trees
  Food and Agriculture
  Genetics
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Core Knowledge of Tree Fruit Expands With Apple Genome Sequencing

  August 29, 2010 — An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the US have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome. The sequence will allow scientists to more ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Trees
   
  

  On Organic Coffee Farm, Complex Interactions Keep Pests Under Control

  August 26, 2010 — Proponents of organic farming often speak of nature's balance in ways that sound almost spiritual, prompting criticism that their views are unscientific and naive. At the other end of the spectrum ... > full story
• Forest
  Wildfires
  Trees
  Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
   

  Fuel Treatments Reduce Wildfire Severity, Tree Mortality in Washington Forests

  August 25, 2010 — Scientists have found that fuel treatments -- even of only a few acres -- can reduce fire severity and protect older trees desirable for their timber, wildlife, and carbon-storage ... > full story
• Trees
  Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Forest
  Nature
  Rainforests
   
  

  Biologists Study Rainforest Host-Plant Associations

  August 19, 2010 — The widening of the Panama Canal currently underway has created a rare opportunity to study the insects that inhabit the plants of environmentally sensitive Central American rainforest habitats. A ... > full story
• Rainforests
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Forest
  Ecology
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Global Tropical Forests Threatened by 2100

  August 5, 2010 — By 2100 only 18-45 percent of the plants and animals making up ecosystems in global, humid tropical forests may remain as we know them today, according to new research. This is one of the first ... > full story
• Trees
  Botany
  Sustainability
  Forest
  Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
   
  

  Scientists Develop Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly Potting Medium for Plants

  August 5, 2010 — A new type of sustainable and environmentally friendly potting medium made from thinned pine trees has been ... > full story
• Floods
  Trees
  Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Sustainability
  Botany
   

  Rebuilding Flood Plains, Agriculture, Economy

  August 2, 2010 — When the Missouri River flooded in 1993 and 1995, it left a deep layer of sandy silt that covered thousands of acres of rich farmland. Now, forestry researchers may have found a crop that can survive ... > full story
• Forest
  Air Quality
  Global Warming
  Ecology
  Rainforests
  Geochemistry
   
  

  Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations, New Research Reveals

  July 30, 2010 — Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient at capturing carbon than controversial softwood ... > full story
• Trees
  Soil Types
  Acid Rain
  Organic
  Forest
  Nature
   
  

  Some Trees 'Farm' Bacteria to Help Supply Nutrients

  July 29, 2010 — Some trees growing in nutrient-poor forest soil may get what they need by cultivating specific root microbes to create compounds they require. These microbes are exceptionally efficient at turning ... > full story

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