The study, published in PNAS Nexus today, shows that chemical sprays alter the electric field around flowers for up to 25 minutes after exposure.
Fertilisers Limit Pollination by Changing How Bumblebees Sense Flowers
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A Second Chance for the Sumatran Rhino
Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino, Kertam, died in 2019.
Sea Urchins Keep On Trucking While Other Marine Life Languishes in the Florida Keys
In the summer of 2020, Florida Museum researchers Tobias Grun and Michał Kowalewski dove into the shallow waters off the coast of the Florida Keys and scoured the ocean floor for sea urchins.
Greenland’s Largest Ice Sheet Thinning Rapidly
The loss of ice from Greenland’s largest basin is occurring much faster and could contribute up to six times more to global sea-level rise by 2100 than climate models currently project, according to a study led by Dartmouth professor Mathieu Morlighem with researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of California, Irvine.
Tropical Cyclones Act as ‘Massive Heat Pumps’ That Fuel Extreme Heat
Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, which can complicate disaster recovery even further, researchers have found.
Satellites Help Scientists Track Dramatic Wetlands Loss in Louisiana
New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
