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Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity
At high species richness, directed loss, but not random loss, of tree species strongly decreases forest…
Geologists determine early Earth was a 'water world' by studying exposed ocean crust
Geologists have studied exposed, 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust in Australia and used that rock data to build…
NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther moving back inland
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther just won’t give up. The storm formed in the South Pacific Ocean, tracked…
CRISPR-HOT: A new tool to 'color' specific genes and cells
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new genetic…
Ocean changes almost starved life of oxygen
Chemical changes in the oceans more than 800 million years ago almost destroyed the oxygen-rich atmosphere…
The GDP fudge: China edition
For all its shortcomings, the gross domestic product (GDP) of a country remains an important barometer…
Widely used weed killer harming biodiversity
One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making…
The magnet that didn't exist
In 1966, Japanese physicist Yosuke Nagaoka predicted the existence of a rather striking phenomenon: Nagaoka’s ferromagnetism.…
Fallowing cattle-feed farmland simplest way to alleviate western water shortage
All over the world, the rate at which humans consume fresh water is now approaching or…