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    Machine learning identifies a strong association between warming and reduced primary productivity in an oligotrophic ocean gyre

    Temperature and productivity trends The analysis of the whole dataset, employing traditional statistics on the monthly series, is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and Tables S1 and 2. Along with raw data (Fig. 2A), we also show the long-term series of annually averaged data (Fig. 2B). This record showed large interannual variability of all variables, revealing patterns more complex […] More

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    Evaluation of pulse crops’ functional diversity supporting food production

    1. Singh, B. B., Ajeigbe, H. A., Tarawali, S. A., Fernandez-Rivera, S. & Abubakar, M. Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder. Field Crops Res. 84, 169–177 (2003). Article Google Scholar 2. Tharanathan, R. N. & Mahadevamma, S. Grain legumes – A boon to human nutrition. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 14, […] More

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    Publisher Correction: Anthropogenic impact on the atmospheric microbiome

    Affiliations Yale-NUS College, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Stephen D. J. Archer  & Stephen B. Pointing Department of Applied Ecology, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Stephen D. J. Archer Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Stephen B. Pointing Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan Stephen […] More

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    Analysis of bacterial and fungal communities in continuous-cropping ramie (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud) fields in different areas in China

    Ramie-field soil basic properties Basic properties of soils from continuous ramie cropping fields in Yuanjiang, Xianning, Sichuan, and Jiangxi are shown in Table 1. Soil pH ranged from 5.33 to 6.67. Soil pH was similar in Xianning and Jiangxi, and in Yuanjiang and Sichuan. Urease activity and TN were the highest in Yuanjiang, with values of […] More

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    Hundreds of bird species in India are declining

    NEWS 24 February 2020 A landmark report finds waterbirds and raptors are among the most at risk. Shreya Dasgupta Search for this author in: Raptors such as the short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) are under threat in India.Credit: David Allemand/Nature Picture Library Hundreds of bird species in India are in decline, according to the country’s […] More

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    Knitting while Australia burns

    1. Cawson, J. G., Duff, T. J., Swan, M. H. & Penman, T. D. Ecosphere 9, e02211 (2018). 2. Fairman, T. A., Bennett, L. T. & Nitschke, C. R. J. Environ. Manage. 231, 59–65 (2019). 3. Wardell, J. & Sanusi, N. A. Reuters (6 January 2020); www.go.nature.com/2tMoDJv 4. Taylor, A. H. The Atlantic (9 January […] More

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    Governance challenges for tropical nations losing fish species due to climate change

    1. García Molinos, J. et al. Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity. Nat. Clim. Change 6, 83–88 (2016). Article Google Scholar 2. Pinsky, M. L. et al. Preparing ocean governance for species on the move. Science 360, 1189–1191 (2018). 3. Mycoo, M. A. Beyond 1.5 °C: vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for Caribbean […] More

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    Chromosomal barcoding of E. coli populations reveals lineage diversity dynamics at high resolution

    1. Lazar, V. et al. Genome-wide analysis captures the determinants of the antibiotic cross-resistance interaction network. Nat Commun. 5, 4352 (2014). 2. Deatherage, D. E. & Barrick, J. E. Identification of mutations in laboratory-evolved microbes from next-generation sequencing data using breseq. Methods Mol. Biol. 1151, 165–188 (2014). 3. Otto, M. Next-generation sequencing to monitor the […] More