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Elephant extinction could have major impact on atmospheric carbon levels:
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon and maintain the biodiversity of forests in Africa.
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Researchers discover elephant extinction could have major impact on atmosp
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers report that elephants play a key role in creating forests which store more atmospheric carbon and maintaining the biodiversity of forests in Africa. If the already critically endangered elephants become extinct, rainforest of central and west Africa, the second largest rainforest
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Amid development and climate change, forests can help manage water: Resear
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Forests can help manage water amid development, climate change: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In areas near Raleigh projected to see heavier future development, keeping buffers of trees or other greenery around waterways could help slow rushing streams during wet conditions, and keep them flowing during dry ones. However, North Carolina State University researchers behind a recent st
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Fossils reveal dinosaurs of prehistoric Patagonia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study is providing a glimpse into dinosaur and bird diversity in Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous, just before the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct. The fossils represent the first record of theropods, a dinosaur group that includes both modern birds and their closest non-avian dinosau
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Mirror image molecules reveal drought stress in forests
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As with pinene, many monoterpenes occur in two mirror-image forms: (+) alpha-pinene and (-) alpha-pinene. Plants can release both forms of these volatile molecules directly after biosynthesis or from storage pools in leaves. Because the two chiral or enantiomeric forms have identical physica
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Commune forays into Indian market with its first store launch in Bangalore
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], December 28 (ANI/GPRC): Lifestyle furniture brand Commune has made an entry to India with its first store launch in Bangalore. The brand has collaborated with Bangalore-based Bauhaus Designs to retail and showcase its products to Indian consumers.
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Brown algae deliver slime to climate: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
When it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, brown algae are true wonder plants. They even outcompete terrestrial forests in this and thus play a critical role in the atmosphere and our climate. But what happens to the carbon dioxide that the algae absorb?
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ED attaches 45-acre land of DMK Minister A Raja
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
During the course of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigation, ED found that A Raja during his tenure as minister of environment and forests had granted environmental clearances to a real estate company, based out of Gurugram, according to a statement from ED released on l
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Ants shed light on predicting evolution after hybridization
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.
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President Murmu calls for sustainable management of forest resources
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Highlighting the need for the conservation of nature and wildlife, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday called for sustainable management of forest resources saying forests are the anchors for all life on earth.
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Early forests did not significantly change atmospheric CO2: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land plants affect the climate.
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