Category Archives: BIODIVERSITY

Carnivore Species Shrank During Global Warming Event

A new University of Florida study indicates extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.The study, scheduled to appear in the December print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution and … Continue reading

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Deepwater Oil Plume in Gulf Degraded by Microbes, Study Shows

In the aftermath of the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, a dispersed oil plume was formed at a depth between 3,600 and 4,000 feet and extending some 10 miles out from the wellhead. … Continue reading

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Bananas Get Pepper Power

Despite their ubiquity in grocery stores and in cereal bowls, a number of diseases threaten bananas, and farmers often have no way to fight back. One reason is that bananas have lost their ability to produce fertile seeds, so they … Continue reading

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Mauritania plants trees to hold back desert

Mauritania has launched a tree-planting program aimed at protecting its capital from the advancing desert and coastal erosion, a project that could eventually extend thousands of kilometers across Africa. According to the government the aim of this green belt is … Continue reading

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