EDITORIAL 04 March 2020 New analysis of carbon from tropical forests suggests the need for yet faster emissions reductions. Sunset in the Brazilian Amazon, south of Porto Velho. Researchers project that the Amazon carbon sink is on course to disappear by 2035.Credit: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty As tropical forests grow, they pull carbon dioxide out of […] More
NEWS 04 March 2020 But researchers say the result is conservative, and that weather conditions that make fires more likely will continue to worsen. Nicky Phillips Search for this author in: A fire engine surrounded by bush-fire smoke February in the town of in Bumbalong, south of Canberra, Australia.Credit: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty The extreme fires that […] More
As expected, autotrophs were more resistant to rotenone, with the exception of T. chuii. Other species of the genus Tetraselmis are also reported to be more vulnerable to rotenone than other algae species, such as the marine Nannochloropsis oculata29 and the freshwater Chlorella kessleri30. This observation suggests that there may be a factor that is […] More
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We discuss above results in terms of the impacts both positive and negative by corn production on four capitals, policy drivers, implications for TEEBAgriFood evaluation framework and it’s limitations. Corn is one of the major crops that contributes significantly to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Minnesota. Minnesota state GDP is about $368 billion, where […] More
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Subjects and housing This research was conducted in March–April 2018, at the Lizard Island Research Station, Australia. A total of 40 fish participated in the experiments, 20 juvenile and 20 adult cleaner wrasse, distinguishable by their distinct colour pattern: juveniles are mostly blue with a black stripe, while the blue becomes whiter in adults. There […] More
