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If all human-related deforestation of the tropics were to stop, the forests could absorb the equivalent of one-fifth of global emissions

Posted on June 12, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Reducing deforestation in the tropics would significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere – by as much as…

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    Increasing ocean temperatures means less zooplankton and therefore less fish

    Posted on June 11, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass will decrease 6 percent and 11 percent due to climate change Sea surface temperature is expected to…

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      10,000 species of birds today thanks to incredible adaptive radiation in early dinosaur evolution

      Posted on June 10, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Shrinking helped dinosaurs and birds to keep evolving A study that has ‘weighed’ hundreds of dinosaurs suggests that shrinking…

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        This genus of bushcricket is a living example of an ultrasonic speaker system

        Posted on June 10, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        In the rainforests of South America, scientists have discovered a new genus and three new species of insect with the highest ultrasonic…

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          Ice is nice – new species of sea anemone that lives only on ice

          Posted on June 9, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Using a camera-equipped robot to explore beneath the Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica, scientists and engineers with the Antarctic Geological…

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            66-million-year-old snapshot of a forest just before the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

            Posted on June 8, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            As far back as the time of the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago, forests recovered from fires in the same manner they do today, according to…

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              Giant pill-millipedes that chirp while mating discovered in Madagascar

              Posted on June 6, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              An international team of researchers comprised of Thomas Wesener, Museum Koenig, Bonn, Daniel Le, Field Museum, Chicago and Stephanie Loria,…

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                Extinction and recolonization of coastal megafauna following human arrival in New Zealand

                Posted on June 6, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Ancient DNA research has been applied to demonstrate the dynamic response of natural ecosystems to human impacts, with the discovery of…

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                  Parasitic fig wasps penetrate figs with zinc-hardened drill bit tips to lay eggs

                  Posted on June 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Female insects have one goal in life: to find the best place to lay their eggs. For fig wasps, that is the developing fruit of the luscious…

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                    Total mass of deep sea fish in the ocean could be 10,000 million tons

                    Posted on June 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    The total stock of fish on the planet had been reckoned until today to be around 2,000 million tonnes. About half of them were thought to be…

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