Nature
Good fungus may one day help save plants from bad fungus like deadly myrtle rust disease
What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common?This post was originally published on this site
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Earth Sciences
Germany’s coastal regions brace for change, fearing rising sea levels
Standing on the coast and looking out to sea, you cannot detect the changes with the naked eye. But in northern Germany, sea levels are rising, as is the risk of flooding for the lower-lying […]
Education
Study uncovers how schools circumvent suspension bans
New research emerging from SFUSD’s Shoestrings program reveals informal exclusionary discipline is a widespread problem—but there are solutions. When San Francisco Unified School District created the Shoestrings program—an effort to reduce racial gaps in early […]
Nature
Artificial rivers and lakes can help keep freshwater mussel populations afloat
Researchers at Murdoch University have found that artificial waterbodies could play a crucial role in slowing the decline of Carter’s freshwater mussel (Westralunio carteri), a vulnerable species of freshwater mussel found only in southwestern Australia.This […]
Earth Sciences
Earth’s mantle may have been cooler than thought before Pangea’s breakup
When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the familiar geography of […]
Earth Sciences
Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old
Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon. To date, climate researchers had assumed that […]
Economy
How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behavior
Recent investigations have uncovered forced labor in agricultural supply chains, illegal fishing feeding supermarket freezers, deforestation embedded in everyday food products, and unsafe conditions in factories producing “sustainable” fashion. These harms were not visible on […]
Earth Sciences
Deep sea landscapes are a new frontier of human exploration—here’s what we may find
When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.This post was originally published on this […]
Lifestyle
The algorithmic feed on X could be shifting political views toward conservatism
Turning on the “For You” algorithm on X (formerly Twitter) may shift users’ political opinions toward more conservative views, suggests research involving nearly 5,000 X users. These effects are shown to persist even after users […]
Economy
Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices
Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organizations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and […]