Artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study demonstrates.
Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2024
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Boron deficiency has a devastating effect on oilseed rape and related plants. However, little is known about the underlying genetic mechanisms. A study shows that the response to persistent or short-term acute boron deficiency ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 15, 2024
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A newly developed plant-based plastic material releases nine times less microplastics than conventional plastic when exposed to sunlight and seawater, a new study has found.
Environment
Apr 3, 2024
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A study spearheaded by researchers at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research and Macquarie University has highlighted the important ecological role of traditional orchard meadows, calling for political and public ...
Ecology
Mar 29, 2024
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It is important for water management to understand how drought spreads. In a new study, researchers from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF show that in every third case, atmospheric drought is followed ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2024
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The European spruce bark beetle has killed several hundred million spruce trees in Sweden and Central Europe in the last five years. A warmer climate will ultimately result in more damage also in Norwegian spruce forests. ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2024
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More than half of the 60 countries holding national elections this year are experiencing a democratic decline, risking the integrity of the electoral process, as reported in the latest Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute ...
Political science
Mar 7, 2024
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It was at 22:48 CET on Saturday 20 January when veteran asteroid hunter Sárneczky discovered a new asteroid using the 60 cm Schmidt Telescope at Piszkéstető Mountain Station, part of Konkoly Observatory in Hungary.
Planetary Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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The spread of West Nile virus in Europe is strongly linked to agricultural activities, urbanization, and bird migration, according to a modeling study published January 25, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens ...
Ecology
Jan 25, 2024
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Three to five billion people—or up to two-thirds of the world's population—are set to be affected by projected rainfall changes by the end of the century unless the world rapidly ramps up emissions reduction efforts, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2024
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