A clever use of non-science engineering data from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has let a team of researchers to measure the density of rock layers in Gale Crater. …read more Source:: Science
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Political instability and weak governance lead to loss of species, study finds
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•Big data study of global biodiversity shows ineffective national governance is a better indicator of species decline than any other measure of ‘anthropogenic impact.’ Even protected conservation areas make little …read more Source:: Science
Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normal
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•The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought’s severity. During the 20th century, the total area of …read more Source:: Science
Inadequate testing thwarts efforts to measure Zika’s impact
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•RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – One major hurdle is thwarting efforts to measure the extent of the Zika epidemic and its suspected links to thousands of birth defects in Brazil: …read more Source:: UKScienceNews