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Environmental: Ecosystems
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Warming seas' negative impact on giant kelp starts in early life - Warming Seas' Negative Impact on Giant Kelp Starts in Early Life      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Kelp forests are one of the most diverse and productive natural ecosystems on the planet, but in the ...

Paleontology: Early Mammals and Birds
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Endangered songbird challenging assumptions about evolution - Endangered Songbird Challenging Assumptions About Evolution      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research looked at a newly discovered, endangered songbird located only in South America -- the...

Ecology: Trees Environmental: Ecosystems
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores - In the Tropics, Nitrogen-Fixing Trees Take a Hit from Herbivores      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Spring forest flowers likely key to bumblebee survival - Spring Forest Flowers Likely Key to Bumblebee Survival      (via sciencedaily.com) 

For more than a decade, ecologists have been warning of a downward trend in bumble bee populations a...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Mangroves: Environmental guardians of our coastline - Mangroves: Environmental Guardians of Our Coastline      (via sciencedaily.com) 

They are the salt-tolerant shrubs that thrive in the toughest of conditions, but according to new Un...

Biology: Evolutionary
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Urban lizards share genomic markers not found in forest-dwellers - Urban Lizards Share Genomic Markers Not Found in Forest-Dwellers      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest ...

Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees - Climate Change Likely to Uproot More Amazon Trees      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also sub ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
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Clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floods      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent flo ...

Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Millions of carbon credits are generated by overestimating forest preservation, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Study analyses 18 major carbon offset projects, and compares their conservation claims with matched...

Biology: General Biology: Zoology Ecology: Nature Ecology: Trees
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New insect genus discovered in one of the most biodiverse rain forest regions in the world      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been described as the most biodiverse rain...

Environmental: Ecosystems Geoscience: Environmental Issues Paleontology: Fossils
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Europe was not covered by dense forest before the arrival of modern humans      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

For decades, we believed that outside ice ages Europe was mostly covered by dense forest before the ...