Sep. 8, 2016 Could dragon trees serve as a source of inspiration for innovations in lightweight construction? A team of researchers has laid the groundwork for designing technical fiber-reinforced lightweight ...
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Sep. 5, 2016 Over the past decades forests in different parts of the world have suffered sudden massive tree mortality. Now an international team of scientists has found a way to spot from satellite images which ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 In California's Sierra Nevada mountains, as more precipitation falls in the form of rain rather than snow, and the snowpack melts earlier in spring, it's important for water managers to ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 It is easy to study what you can see. Researchers know a lot about how plants work aboveground, but what happens out of sight under the surface may control more than we once ...
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Aug. 24, 2016 Humans utilize forests and watercourses in a way that depletes ecosystem habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Many areas are restored to break the trend, but to succeed you need to consider ...
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Aug. 22, 2016 Research reveals that large areas of 'degraded' forest in Southeast Asia can play an important role in conserving mammal ...
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Aug. 19, 2016 A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1,075 years old. This makes it currently the oldest known living ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Logging operations can negatively affect soil density and water infiltration within forests, particularly along makeshift logging roads and landing areas where logs are stored before being trucked to ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 If a city plants trees near a residential area, most homeowners value the likely subsequent increase in their property values, a new study shows. And they’re willing to pay an average of $7 more ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 In a new paper, the authors explain how harvesting data from tree-rings could revolutionize the study of ancient civilizations such as the Egyptian and Mayan worlds. Until now scholars have had only ...
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Aug. 16, 2016 Researchers are on a real-life search for what one calls 'the ultimate Pokémon': Zenkerella, an elusive scaly-tailed squirrel that has never been spotted alive by scientists. However, ...
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Aug. 15, 2016 A horticultural sciences professor and his colleagues found genetic markers for fruit quality traits that will be useful in future cultivar-breeding ...
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Aug. 9, 2016 As more of Southeast Asia's forests are cleared for tree plantations, a study finds that 42 percent of mammal, bird and amphibian species endemic to the region's forests face a higher risk ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 Douglas fir trees are consistently sensitive to drought conditions that occur throughout the species' range in the United States, according to a ...
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Aug. 8, 2016 Researchers have studied the genetic diversity and differentiation patterns of the native pioneer understory tree Miconia affinis. They collected leaf tissue from approximately 30 reproductive trees ...
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Aug. 2, 2016 Could periodic forest thinning and prescribed burns intended to prevent dangerous "megafires" help conserve owls in the long run? Or are those benefits outweighed by their short-term harm ...
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Aug. 2, 2016 While tropical forests continued to decline, a remarkable change is happening: tree cover on agricultural land has increased across the globe, capturing nearly 0.75 Gigatonnes carbon dioxide every ...
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Aug. 3, 2016 A research group has described and named a new species of ant from Hong Kong, Paratopula bauhinia, or the rare "Golden Tree ...
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July 26, 2016 A new statistical model has been created that accurately predicts tree growth from when they are first planted until they reach crown ...
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July 26, 2016 Japanese tadpoles can live and grow in natural hots springs, or onsen, with water temperatures as high as 46.1oC (115oF). Living in onsen may benefit the tadpoles’ immune systems, speed their ...
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