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Newswise: Early-stage subduction invasion
Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Early-stage subduction invasion
Geological Society of America (GSA)

Our planet’s lithosphere is broken into several tectonic plates. Their configuration is ever-shifting, as supercontinents are assembled and broken up, and oceans form, grow, and then start to close in what is known as the Wilson cycle.

Newswise: How is deforested land in Africa used?
Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
How is deforested land in Africa used?
GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the global forest area – are continuing to decline at an increasing rate – mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes.

Newswise:Video Embedded meow-or-rooaaar-exotic-cats-ability-to-recognize-familiar-caregivers-voices
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Released: 15-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Meow or rooaaar - exotic cats' ability to recognize familiar caregivers' voices
PeerJ

In a recent PeerJ Life & Environment study, Professor Jennifer Vonk from Oakland University presents compelling evidence that exotic cats possess the remarkable ability to discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar human voices.

Newswise: Tawny owl’s pale grey color linked to vital functions ensuring survival in extreme conditions
Released: 14-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Tawny owl’s pale grey color linked to vital functions ensuring survival in extreme conditions
University of Turku (Turun yliopisto)

A recent genetic discovery has revealed that the pale grey plumage of the tawny owl is linked to crucial functions that aid the bird's survival in cold environments.

Released: 14-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?
University of Birmingham

Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse.

Released: 14-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Amazon rainforest at the threshold: loss of forest worsens climate change
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with serious implications for the global climate system.

Newswise: If we can't untangle this mess, Norway's blue industry will never be green
Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
If we can't untangle this mess, Norway's blue industry will never be green
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

One recent study estimates that the total amount of fishing line lost annually could stretch from the moon and back. A new study from Norway shows that roughly one-third of lines could be recycled.

Newswise: Polar bears unlikely to adapt to longer summers
Released: 13-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Polar bears unlikely to adapt to longer summers
Washington State University

More time stranded on land means greater risk of starvation for polar bears, a new study indicates.

Newswise: Researchers learn how nectar-laden honey bees avoid overheating
Released: 13-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Researchers learn how nectar-laden honey bees avoid overheating
University of Wyoming

Honey bees carrying nectar have the remarkable ability to adjust their flight behavior to avoid overheating when air temperatures increase, according to research led by a University of Wyoming scientist.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
New AI tool helps leverage database of 10 million biology images
Ohio State University

Researchers have developed the largest-ever dataset of biological images suitable for use by machine learning – and a new vision-based artificial intelligence tool to learn from it.

Newswise: Five dazzling new species of eyelash vipers discovered in Colombia and Ecuador
Released: 13-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Five dazzling new species of eyelash vipers discovered in Colombia and Ecuador
Pensoft Publishers

A group of scientists led by researchers of Khamai Foundation discovered five dazzling new species of eyelash vipers in the jungles and cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
When the global climate has the hiccups
University of Basel

In recent geological history, the so-called Quaternary period, there have been repeated ice ages and warm periods.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Study: Global deforestation leads to more mercury pollution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

About 10 percent of human-made mercury emissions into the atmosphere each year are the result of global deforestation, according to a new MIT study.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
WCS Statement from CMS CoP14
Wildlife Conservation Society

“If governments do everything they have committed to do, then the next ‘State of the World’s Migratory Species’ will have some good news.” WCS VP of International Policy Susan Lieberman

Newswise: Surprising behavior in one of the least studied mammals in the world
Released: 11-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Surprising behavior in one of the least studied mammals in the world
University of Southern Denmark

Some animals live in such remote and inaccessible regions of the globe that it is nearly impossible to study them in their natural habitats.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Wildlife Conservation Society Delegation Heading to Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) CoP14
Wildlife Conservation Society

A Wildlife Conservation Society delegation is heading to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals CoP14, Feb. 12-17, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Newswise: Surprise discovery of tiny insect-killing worm
Released: 8-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Surprise discovery of tiny insect-killing worm
University of California, Riverside

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New study sheds new light on forests' role in climate and water cycle
Stockholm University

Forests, which cover a third of Earth's land surface, are pivotal in carbon storage and the water cycle, though the full scope of their impact remains to be fully understood. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Stockholm University and international colleagues provide new insights into the complex role forests play in the climate system and water cycle.

Newswise: Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
University of California, Riverside

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter



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