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Open Door Chats: Urban Forestry
10+ min ago (652+ words) Mayor Jake Wilson welcomed Senior Urban Forestry and Landscape Planner, Dr. Vanessa Boukili, to a recent episode of “Open Door Chats” to discuss Somerville’s canopy cover. Planting more trees and expanding the canopy cover in Somerville was the focus of…...
The Cyclops may be an ancient myth, but one-eyed creatures are real
51+ min ago (1693+ words) Single eyes are scattered throughout the animal kingdom — and our evolutionary history In the Greek epic poem The Odyssey, the Cyclops preys on the crew of Odysseus, the mythical king of Ithaca. These one-eyed giants don’t exist. But several animals…...
CDFW Publishes Guidance on Conserving CESA Candidate Bumble Bees
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (299+ words) The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has published a document intended to assist CDFW staff, project proponents and others in understanding where and when four bumble bee species that are candidates for listing under the California Endangered Species…...
45 Facts That Might Teach You Something New About Human Evolution And The Universe - AOL
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (1563+ words) So much of our daily reality is weird, creepy, or mind-bending, but we rarely slow down enough to notice. Take our own bodies, for instance. A chunk of our DNA actually comes from ancient viruses. Look up at the night…...
Scientists Issue Grim Warning Over End of Civilisation With Just 10% Chance of Survival
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (543+ words) Human civilisation could face a catastrophic collapse within decades if current patterns of population growth and natural resource consumption continue. That's according to a mathematical study that placed the chances of avoiding such an outcome at less than 10 per cent…...
Parkland shrubs missing link to community wellbeing, UQ study finds
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (579+ words) Urban parks and public spaces need more shrubs and small trees to improve community wellbeing and support wildlife, a University of Queensland study has suggested. The study by the School of the Environment examined why public spaces so often consist…...
Tibetan Plateau Holds Vast 'Rock Glacier' Water Reserves, Study Reveals
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (466+ words) More 'Rock Glaciers' Found on Tibetan Plateau Than Previously Estimated According to the study, the ice within these rock glaciers represents a water reserve equivalent to approximately 92 to 186 cubic kilometers of water. This means that, in addition to traditional glaciers,…...
What did Jurassic insects sound like? AI helps recreate 165-million-year-old ultrasonic communication
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (392+ words) The Jurassic world may have had a soundtrack of its own. Scientists have now used fossilised wings, lasers, computer models and AI to reconstruct the likely sounds of insects that lived 165 million years ago. The discovery offers a rare glimpse…...
Grassland birds are disappearing even from areas designed to protect them
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (222+ words) Published in Ecological Applications, the research led by researchers at Michigan State University, Oklahoma State University, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources challenges the long-held assumption that designated nature preserves are sufficient refuges to buffer wildlife against widespread population…...
Emerging threat discovered in Colorado River in Utah for first time
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (327+ words) An aquatic invasive species that has emerged as a threat in the Upper Colorado River basin has now become a growing concern in the Colorado River in Utah. Tests completed on the Colorado River in Utah have detected the presence…...