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A British researcher was just minding his own businesses in the jungle, surveying monkeys, when he accidentally disturbed a snake that was eating its meal. Upon inspecting the catch, the expert discovered a chameleon unlike any other species he knew. He therefore went ahead and compared the specimen to two others his... |
23 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Mammoths and mastodons were the largest land-based animals to have walked the surface of the Earth some 13,000 years ago. In spite of dominating the landscape, their ultimate faith has remained somewhat of a mystery to researchers, who still cannot find any reasons why these huge, adapted mammals might have disappear... |
20 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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In a new series of studies, experts have determined that planting new trees, and creating forests, in areas that previously had none, can have negative, long-term side-effects on the water flows of the region. This type of research is extremely important for policymakers, especially considering that the fight against... |
9 November 2009
02:38 GMT |
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“Glow-in-the-dark,” or luminescent, mushrooms are nothing new. They can be seen in forests around the world, illuminating their surroundings with a faint glow. But, in an important, new expedition, experts have recently identified seven new species of aglow mushrooms. This could help botanists better unde... |
6 October 2009
02:52 GMT |
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As hinted at in books, folklore tales and scary movies, people seem to actually have the tendency of walking in circles when they are lost, or when they do not have any landmarks nearby to guide them on the correct path. The new study was conducted by a team of experts from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cyb... |
21 August 2009
04:00 GMT |
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Naturalists and biologists were amazed at the discovery of one of the most dangerous, invasive and subversive species of fungus ever known to man, which displays a remarkable activity of ensuring its survival. It can take control of carpenter ants' brains, and turns them into zombies, which are then manipulating... |
12 August 2009
10:43 GMT |
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According to a new investigation, it would appear that the Mayans were in the habit of practicing forest conservation, archaeological pieces of evidence point out. They also conserved the land and water on their territories, and historians now believe that the time when they abandoned these practices spelled nothing ... |
23 July 2009
14:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, published in the latest issue of the Geological Journal, the woolly mammoth persisted in the territory that is now the United Kingdom 6,000 years longer than first estimated. The new research, which analyzed several fossils found in Shropshire in 1986, determined that the large be... |
18 June 2009
04:39 GMT |
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A new comprehensive survey of the effects that fires around the globe have on the environment has revealed that the amount of carbon dioxide placed in the atmosphere naturally is about 50 percent that emitted by humans through burning fossil fuels. These finds suggest that the influence of events such as wildfires ha... |
24 April 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Over the next year or so, countless volunteers and scientists across the US will take their research outdoors, as part of a massive campaign of assessing the real influence that global warming and climate change have on the way seasonal plants grow and multiply. These measurements will have an increased significance ... |
5 March 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Under normal conditions, forests around the world are able to absorb approximately 20 percent of all carbon dioxide emitted by humans from burning fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas. This amounts to a massive 4.8 billion tonnes of CO2 each year, an extremely large quantity that would otherwise be left i... |
19 February 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Experts from the US Forest Service and the Carnegie Institution have developed a new laser system that allows them to use a plan for monitoring changes that might have occurred in tropical rain forests. The changes refer to the influence of outside intrusive plant species, as well as to the effect the spread or reduc... |
26 January 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Due to extensive periods of poor management, Canadian forests have recently crossed a very dangerous line, when they started emitting more carbon dioxide than they stored. The main culprits for this situation are the pine beetle, which is already responsible for decimating tens of thousands of square miles of trees t... |
10 January 2009
03:55 GMT |
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A new report released by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), a Jakarta-based initiative, urges the leaders of the world to act swiftly for the prevention of global warming, so as to save the world's forests from threats posed by climate change. The study is addressed to the delegates of the 190 n... |
28 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Over the past few years, planting trees has been a widely-advocated way of reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and finding ways of stimulating land owners not to cut any more forests down has been an international priority. Now, a carbon trade system may be implemented for forests as well, but, ... |
27 November 2008
06:59 GMT |
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