
Upslope migration of tropical plants due to climate change
The plants on the highest mountain in Ecuador have migrated more than 500 meters to higher altitudes during the last two centuries. This is determined in a new study, in which Aarhus University rese ... more
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Inside climate politics
The politics of climate change are often depicted as a simple battle, between environmentalists and particular industries, over government policy. That's not wrong, but it's only a rough sketch of t ... more
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'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron
UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification
How drones are altering contemporary warfare
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Archaeologists piece together how crew survived 1813 shipwreck in Alaska
Working closely with the U.S. Forest Service and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, an international team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation has begun to piece together an archaeologic ... more
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Study shows Africanized bees continue to spread in California
A study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego has found that the Africanized honey bee--an aggressive hybrid of the European honey bee--is continuing to expand its range northward since its introd ... more
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China frees intellectual held for 11 months: group
China has released a scholar and human rights advocate detained for almost a year, a rights group said on Tuesday, though his lawyer continues to be held. ... more
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Genome mining effort discovers 19 new natural products in 4 years
It took two postdoctoral researchers, a lab technician, four undergraduates and their faculty advisors only four years - a blink of an eye in pharmaceutical terms - to scour a collection of 10,000 b ... more
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World has lost 3 percent of its forests since 1990
The globe's forests have shrunk by three per cent since 1990 - an area equivalent to the size of South Africa - despite significant improvements in conservation over the past decade. The UN's Global ... more
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