Inside a snailfish. Newcastle University / Natural History Museum, London, Author provided Thomas Linley, Newcastle University and Alan Jamieson, Newcastle University From an unmanned submersible, protected by a casing of stainless steel almost...
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Approximately 61 percent of the world’s 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences. These findings are according to a paper in the journal BioScience synthesizing the global...
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Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University It’s no secret that bee populations are in decline across the UK and Europe. There has also been a fantastic increase in public awareness over the past few...
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Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham; Ben Gearey, University College Cork; Jane Bunting, University of Hull; Kimberley Davies, Plymouth University, and Nicola Whitehouse, Plymouth University Peat bogs, which cover 3% of the world’s land...
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Ken Collins, University of Southampton The climate is changing – and so are our seas. Warming sea temperatures have resulted in British cod moving north, benefiting Iceland. The English Channel has warmed during...
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A new study shows that, in addition to species richness, plant evolutionary history plays a critical role in regulating year-to-year variation of biomass production in grasslands. In the face of climate change, understanding...
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Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, Keele University and David P. M. Lam, Leuphana University Should we give up having children to save the planet? Recent news articles and scientific papers have once again raised concerns...
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Andreas Foskolos, Aberystwyth University and Jon Moorby, Aberystwyth University The unusually hot summer of 2018 has proved challenging for farmers across the UK. Among other things, the scorching weather and lack of rain...
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Julia McMorrow, University of Manchester and Jonathan Aylen, University of Manchester The huge moorland fires at Saddleworth and Winter Hill in northwest England have shown just how serious a problem wildfires can be...
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Jared Piazza, Lancaster University The BuzzFeed video, “Bacon lovers meet baby pigs” is amusing to watch. With 14,493,383 views, you may have seen it. It depicts several young men and women waiting blissfully...
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