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Study finds ancestral variation guides future environmental adaptations
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
For wild creatures, the rate of environmental change presents significant difficulties. When exposed to a new environment individual plants and animals can potentially adjust their biology to better cope with new pressures they are exposed to - this is known as phenotypic plasticity.
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Researchers find neurons that learn to smell a threat
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
We use our sense of smell to determine whether a new environment is safe or dangerous, whether we are aware of it or not. In fact, much of the animal kingdom relies on this ability for survival and reproduction.
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Researchers find loneliness linked with unhealthful diets, physical inacti
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Transitioning to a new environment, as many college freshmen do, can increase feelings of loneliness, and according to the National College Health Assessment, feelings of loneliness in college students have increased dramatically in the last decade.
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Researchers discover how bacteria adapt to new environment
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wurzburg [Germany], February 7 (ANI): It is a known fact that bacteria are extremely resourceful when it comes to adapting to a given environment. Now, a team of researchers have discovered a new trick that bacteria use: a kind of sponge that absorbs certain messengers.
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First virus infection in infants linked with infections later in life: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Edinburgh [Scotland], February 2 (ANI): When a baby leaves the protection of its mother's womb and comes into the world, its body takes time to adjust to the new environment. It is natural for them to have infections in their first few days and weeks, but a recent research has something else
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Proposed French environment tax will destroy jobs, fail to decarbonise avi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 18 (ANI): The proposed new environmental taxes in France will fail to decarbonise the aviation sector and eliminate 150,000 French aviation jobs, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Friday.
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New Environment Impact Assessment 2020 draft is 'disgraceful, dangerous':
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed the new Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft, which has been placed by the BJP government for public feedback, as "disgraceful and dangerous."
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Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental fund pledges $5 million towards Amazon p
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Aug 26 (ANI): Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund with Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth has pledged USD 5 million towards the preservation of the Amazon rainforest as wildfires continue to ravage "the planet's lungs".
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Delhi: Kailash Gahlot appointed as new environment minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Kailash Gahlot, a minister in the Delhi government, was given the additional portfolio of Environment, Forest and Wildlife after a minor reshuffle in the Arvind Kejriwal government on July 13.
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USA, Mexico, Canada finalise environment pact
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], Dec 1 (ANI): The United States of America (USA), Mexico and Canada finalised on a new Environmental Cooperation Agreement (ECA) on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires on November 30 (local time).
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Following Anil Dave's death, Dr. Harsh Vardhan to be new Environment
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18 (ANI): Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been given the additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in addition to his existing portfolios.
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Competitive male species adapt faster to climate change
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.14 (ANI): A new study has found that sexually selected species can adapt faster to new environments, and are less likely to go extinct.
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