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Grasslands in Asia and North America differ in their responses to drought, according to a new article. The findings show that differences in the dominant grasses and lower species diversity in the Eurasian Steppe grasslands may make it more vulnerable to drought than the North American Great Plains.
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New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas.
Pairing old and new technologies could unlock advances in plankton science Read More »
New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas.
Pairing old and new technologies could unlock advances in plankton science Read More »
What do you recommend considering when purchasing vacant land? For example, currently considering a property that has several utility company easements but no utilities/local services, has a natural spring and well, dirt road shared by neighbors, and a decades-long verbal month-to-month lease for livestock grazing. What kinds of questions or investigations would you recommend?
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Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
Something was happening to the birds at Tiputini. The biodiversity research centre, buried deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has always been special. It is astonishingly remote: a tiny scattering of research cabins in 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) of virgin forest. For scientists, it comes about as close as you can to observing rainforest wildlife in a world untouched by human industry.
Almost every year since his arrival in 2000, ecologist John G Blake had been there to count the birds. Rising before the sun, he would record the density and variety of the dawn chorus. Slowly walking the perimeter of the plots, he noted every species he saw. And for one day every year, he and other researchers would cast huge “mist” nets that caught flying birds in their weave, where they would be counted, untangled and freed.
One of the most popular nature craft activities involved creating a portrait out of natural materials found in the Garden.
The post Nature Materials Found in the Garden appeared first on Desert Botanical Garden.
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Researchers have discovered crucial new information about how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.
Study reveals how microbes help detoxify our atmosphere Read More »
In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that conservation efforts are helping to safeguard species.
Landmark genetic study: Fresh shoots of hope on the tree of life Read More »
I plan on writing a story involving that delves slightly into agriculture. I need to know, what kind of cover crops can grow through a snowy winter but would be around in a midevil time period and serve a function outside of just soil enrichment.
I know it’s a strange question but it seems you guys know your stuff so any help is appreciated.
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I was feeling quite accomplished today going through the bottom of my first large compost bin. I started a cast iron worm bin because of all of the worms
Fun learning point for me was watching a video from Canadian Permaculture Legacy on the YT titled, “ A complete guide to soil biology.” I learned that the biotic glues I was referring to are actually Extracellular Polymeric Substances that stress byproducts of living soil microbes. Not the remnants of dead ones like I thought. But the dead ones do release nutrients too. Just to things higher up in the food chain. Bacteria and fungi are eaten by Protozoa, which are in turn eaten by nematodes which are then eaten by arthropods, and on it goes. It’s fascinating really and I’m thrilled to use this compost.
It’ll also continue to get better as a start harvesting worm castings and making biochar
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