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More than 10,000 hidden structures in the Amazon - Nature Today
More than 10,000 hidden structures in the Amazon. 07-OCT-2023 - Hidden in the Amazon forest are thousands of remnants of ancient civilizations. These hidden structures, also called geoglyphs, reveal much about the history of the Amazon. A major study of these geoglyphs and their relationship to the forest was published in Science last Thursday.
Nature Today | How does the dandelion adapt to cities and …
Dandelions contain a ‘hairy’ pappus, which unfolds like a parachute on a mature seed (Fig. 1c, insert), ideal for wind dispersal. There are also Asteraceae in which the pappus is more scale-like, making it suitable for dispersal by animals. The pappus therefore plays an important role in seed dispersal. As a result, changes in the pappus ...
Nature Today | Making wind energy safer for birds
Oct 23, 2024 · Making wind energy safer for birds. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) 23-OCT-2024 - Scientists have been studying how birds move and migrate for hundreds of years. Recently, understanding this complex phenomenon has become much more important because countries are building thousands of wind turbines in and around the ...
First Ever World Rewilding Day – March 20 - Nature Today
20-MAR-2021 - On March 20, people across the planet will celebrate the first annual #WorldRewildingDay, raising awareness of rewilding and the need to recover nature. This is a critical year for nature recovery. Against the backdrop of rising global temperatures, biodiversity decline and the impact of Covid-19, there has never been a greater ...
Nature Today | Pear trees teeming with fish and other sea life
Artificial reefs in the Wadden Sea, made from discarded pear trees, are teeming with marine life after more than a year under water. That's shown in experiments by Jon Dickson, PhD candidate at NIOZ.
Aggression in extinct island bird due to rising sea levels
6 days ago · 07-NOV-2024 - Reduction of the island of Rodrigues after the last ice age caused large-scale aggression in the extinct giant solitary pigeon, researchers from the UvA and Maastricht University discovered. Due to a rapidly increasing shortage of space and food, the peaceful individuals disappeared and only the aggressive ones remained.
Historic climate extremes along northeast coast of South America
A large quantity of fossils from the period just before and during the last ice age have been discovered in French Guiana. The area changed from a species-rich mangrove system to a dry grassland savannah in a relatively short period of time. So writes an international group of researchers, including UvA scientists Carina Hoorn and …
Nature Today | Ice Age poo reveals the mammoth’s varied diet
The current Arctic region is a desolate place with sparse scrubs, barely enough to support roaming reindeer. Yet 50,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene, that picture was completely different: large herds of woolly mammoths and steppe bison roamed around the landscape. Thanks to a new study, we now have a better idea of what the landscape looked like back then as well as what the animals ate.
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Oct 29, 2024 · 65. 66. ». Op naturetoday.com vind je dagelijks het actuele nieuws over de natuur. De berichten gaan over vogels, vlinders, libellen, reptielen, amfibieen, vissen, strand en zee, zoogdieren, planten en paddenstoelen. Ook thema's als het effect van verandering in weer en klimaat komen regelmatig aan bod.