One third of the giant panda habitat in China’s Wanglang National Nature Reserve has been degraded and lost to livestock grazing, a new study finds. Livestock numbers in the park …read more Source:: Science
Day: October 3, 2017
First evidence of the body’s waste system in the human brain discovered
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•By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels, the body’s sewer system. The results …read more Source:: Science
Large volcanic eruptions in Tropics can trigger El Niño events
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•Explosive volcanic eruptions in the tropics can lead to El Niño events, those notorious warming periods in the Pacific Ocean with dramatic global impacts on the climate, according to a …read more Source:: Science
House sparrow decline linked to air pollution and poor diet
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•House sparrows are well-adapted to living in urban areas, so it is surprising their numbers have fallen significantly over the past decades. An investigation into this worrying trend finds that …read more Source:: Science
To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
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•Female butterflies make smart investments, finds a new study. …read more Source:: Science