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5,496 results for: Forests

  1. Animals

    Ancient giant beavers did not chow on trees

    The now-extinct animals had a hippo-like diet

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  2. Psychology

    How to walk in circles without really trying

    People walk in circles when landmarks and other directional cues are not available.

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  3. Earth

    A source of haze

    Scientists identify how a hydrocarbon commonly emitted by plants is converted to light-scattering aerosols.

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  4. Life

    Moss counters shortness with A-bomb-style clouds

    Sphagnum overcomes drag by launching its spores in vortex rings.

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  5. Life

    Bird feeding, migration could be splitting a species

    German birds that spend the off-season at U.K. birdfeeders now look slightly different from neighbors that migrate to Spain

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  6. Climate

    The hidden costs of better fuels

    Whether crop-based biofuels will reduce greenhouse gas emissions depends on how, and where, they're grown.

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  7. Climate

    Newspapers issue strong warning on climate

    SN senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from Hamburg, Germany, before going to Copenhagen to attend the climate talks.

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  8. Life

    Everyday tree deaths have doubled

    In past 50 years, apparently healthy forests have started losing trees faster, possibly because of climate change.

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  9. Plants

    Losing life’s variety

    2010 is the deadline set for reversing declines in biodiversity,  but little has been accomplished.

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  10. Climate

    Hot carbon storage

    New field studies show Africa’s tropical forests have stored carbon in recent decades.

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  11. Anthropology

    Pygmies’ short stature linked to high death rates

    Island-dwelling pygmies provide contested evidence that body size shrinks as mortality rates climb.

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  12. Climate

    Warming has already boosted insect breeding

    Museum records, publications suggest extra generations at same time as temperature increases

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