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acaena exigua

acaena exigua

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12-22-2016

Acaena exigua

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A study from the University of California Riverside has confirmed that Joshua trees are unable to adapt to climate change.

11-11-2019 Plants

Joshua trees may not exist by the end of the century

A study from the University of California Riverside has confirmed...

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According to a new study, land vegetation has become much less productive over the past two decades due to a lack of water in the atmosphere.

11-10-2019 Environment

A lack of moisture in the air will intensify the effects of climate change

According to a new study from Peking University, land vegetation...

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Researchers describe a novel approach to sampling neonicotinoids and other pesticides in plants – potentially explaining how bees are exposed to these chemicals.

11-09-2019 Science

New plant probe can help track pesticides that may be harmful to bees

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An international team of researchers has found that rising CO2 levels could substantially reduce the availability of nutrients such as protein, iron, and zinc.

11-08-2019 Environment

The world’s most critical nutrients will be limited by rising CO2 levels

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Documentation of wine grapes over 664 years has produced evidence which confirms how unusually warm the climate has been in the last three decades.

11-03-2019 Environment

30 years of climate warming is visible in the history of wine grapes

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An international team of researchers is reporting that plants are vanishing at a shocking rate across three biodiversity hotspots in South Africa.

11-03-2019 Plants

Plants are vanishing from biodiversity hotspots at a shocking rate

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11-02-2019 Plants

Detection dogs help sniff out and identify invasive plants

Detection dogs have been trained to sniff out explosives, drugs,...

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Plants have a defense system that can weaken the gut lining of their insect predators, a new study has found.

11-01-2019 Plants

Plants have a defense that weakens the gut of the insects that eat them

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New research provides evidence that, over 500 million years ago, algae may have hitched a ride out of the water with fungi to colonize the land.

11-01-2019 Plants

Algae may have teamed up with fungi to give rise to the first terrestrial plants

A study from Michigan State University (MSU) is shedding new...

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A research team has found that introduced species are diluting the effects of island age within the patterns of local biodiversity.

11-01-2019 Environment

Biodiversity suffers when new species are introduced to island ecosystems

Many of the oceanic islands that arise from undersea volcanoes...

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A new study has revealed how climate change may negatively impact soils, posing a threat to water sources and crops.

10-31-2019 Environment

How climate change could negatively impact soil and threaten crops

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