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Category Archives: The Environment
Digging into the soil microbiome of New York City’s Central Park
As the Summer looms and picnics become more the vogue, have you ever considered how many bugs live beneath the grass where you’ve spread your picnic blanket? If you’ve gone off to a city park for your picnic, you might … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Ecology, Microorganisms, Science, The Environment
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Seafood offers up a mouthful of man-made garbage
Public opinion is divided on the pleasure of consuming sea creatures that stare boldly back at you while you eat them. Like Marmite®, you either love it or you hate it. Now, researchers at the University of California, Davis have added … Continue reading
Kiss Me Under the Parasitic Angiosperm
Mistletoe is held in high regard at this time of year. No Christmas decorations are complete without a garland of cheerful mistletoe hanging on the door, or suspended prettily from the rafters as an incentive for festive romance. In nature, … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics, Plants, Science, The Environment
Tagged christmas, DNA, genetics, genome, mistletoe, mitochondria, nucleus, parasite, science, viscum album
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Plastic bags responsible for outrageous lack of cute pink piglets
Most of us now subscribe to the idea that plastic bags are bad for the environment. Hence, droves of people turn up at their local supermarket with a sturdy jute bag in tow. Now, there’s evidence that the items that … Continue reading
Posted in Reproduction, Science, The Environment
Tagged artificial insemination, bisphenol, boar, chemical, environment, landfill, pig, plastic bag, reproduction, Spain, Universidad de Zaragoza
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Watching it Burn: Soil Microbes vs. Wildfires
Wildfires can devastate ecosystems across the world. In 2012, over 67,000 wildfires raced across more than 9 million acres of land in the US alone. Fuelled by wind and parched vegetation, wildfires burn through everything in their path: plants don’t … Continue reading