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Una mosca amarilla y negra se posa sobre los pétalos de una pequeña flor de mostaza amarilla. La mosca está mirando hacia la izquierda y fue fotografiada a una distancia lo suficientemente cercana como para que se vean las manchas de polen que cubren la mosca.
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La polinización se desplomó 31% en campos contaminados

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 12 April 202212 April 2022

Los niveles de contaminación del aire por debajo de los límites “seguros” (y más bajos que los que comúnmente se encuentran en las ciudades) llevaron a una disminución significativa de la polinización de hasta por 10 insectos comunes.

A yellow-and-black bee perches on the petals of a small yellow mustard flower. The bee faces left and was imaged at a range close enough that the flecks of pollen that cover the bee are visible.
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Pollination Plummeted 31% in Polluted Fields

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 February 202212 April 2022

Air pollution levels below “safe” limits (and lower than those commonly found in cities) led to a significant decrease in pollination by 10 common insects.

An aerial view of an Amazonian landscape, colored by elevation
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How Climate Change Shaped the Amazon’s Land and Life

by Rebecca Dzombak 28 January 202228 January 2022

Ice Age climate swings shaped the equatorial basin’s terrain—and possibly its ecology—faster than previously thought.

Foto e ilustración de hojas de la era Cretácica con mordidas de insectos
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El impacto de Chicxulub cambió para siempre la biodiversidad de la selva tropical

by Humberto Basilio 10 August 202129 September 2021

Hace sesenta y seis millones de años, un asteroide reinició la mayor parte de la vida en la Tierra. Pero sin este evento catastrófico, la composición de las selvas tropicales neotropicales no sería la misma.

Photo and illustration of leaves from the Paleocene era with bites left by insects
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Chicxulub Impact Changed Tropical Rain Forest Biodiversity Forever

by Humberto Basilio 3 May 202129 April 2022

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid reset most of life on Earth. But without this catastrophic event, the composition of neotropical rain forests wouldn’t be the same.

A photo of the Dingo Fence in Australia’s Strzelecki Desert shows greater shrub density on the northern side of the fence (left side of the image).
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A Reminder of a Desert’s Past, Before Dingo Removal

by Nancy Averett 8 April 202116 December 2021

A fence spans Australia’s Strzelecki Desert, keeping dingoes out of the southern side. Drone and satellite technology have illustrated how removing this top predator changes vegetation growth.

Smoke rises from a singed landscape, meeting the clouds above a swath of boreal forest punctuated by lakes.
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Feedback Loops of Fire Activity and Climate Change in Canada

by Saima Sidik 8 December 20201 April 2022

New research documents how a warming climate contributes to patterns in wildfire severity and frequency and how the fires contribute to climate change.

A fish jumps out of the water as it heads upstream
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How River Capture Affects the Evolution of Aquatic Organisms

by David Shultz 28 September 202027 April 2022

River basins are dynamic environments that are always changing and reorganizing under geologic forces. New research investigates how this shape shifting influences aquatic speciation and extinction.

A stream in Sweden with tall green grass on either side
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Records and Risks of Legacy Phosphorus in Streams

by Elizabeth Thompson 23 September 202027 April 2022

A new study quantifies persistent phosphorus in a drainage basin in Sweden and points out risks and oversights to factor in to future stream management.

Ancient conifers in Ycke Nature Reserve, Sweden
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Europe Launches Biodiversity Strategy for the Coming Decade

by James Dacey 17 June 202018 April 2022

Amid the coronavirus uncertainty, the European Union is standing by its Green Deal pledges.

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