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Move Over, Beavers. Dinosaurs Might Also Have Been Nature’s Engineers

by Grace van Deelen 25 September 202525 September 2025

Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains became forests, a new study argues.

Bison graze on green grass at Yellowstone National Park near a wire exclosure used to measure grasses.
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Free-Roaming Bison Graze Life into Grasslands

by Rebecca Owen 24 September 202524 September 2025

A new study suggests that Yellowstone’s herd of bison accelerates nutrient cycling, offering a glimpse into the North American plains of yesteryear.

Bird’s-eye view of kelp beds sprawling over blue ocean surface
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Marine Protected Areas Show Promise for Kelp Forest Recovery

by Amelia Macapia 23 September 202523 September 2025

Kelp forests are under increasing stress as oceans warm, but decades of satellite data have revealed the importance of maintaining fishing-restricted areas for climate resilience.

Photo of a tree with water running down its bark.
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Waterworks on Tree Stems: The Wonders of Stemflow

by Gabriel G. Katul, Bavand Keshavarz, Amirreza Meydani and Delphis F. Levia 21 August 202520 August 2025

Stemflow hydrodynamics offers rich physics that seeks to describe water and matter cycling within the atmosphere-biosphere-geosphere with implications for water resources planning.

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Advances in Ecological Forecasting

by R. Quinn Thomas, Cayelan C. Carey, Eric R. Sokol, Melissa A. Kenney, Michael C. Dietze and Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 4 August 202531 July 2025

AGU and ESA invite contributions to a cross-society special collection on ecological forecasting across ecosystems and scales.

A satellite image of northwestern Europe at night shows several urban centers that appear as bright clusters of light.
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Artificial Light Lengthens the Urban Growing Season

by Caroline Hasler 18 July 202518 July 2025

New research shows that artificial light at night lengthens the plant growing season in cities, overshadowing the effect of high urban temperatures.

An image depicts a thin layer of sedimentary rock under a microscope. Fragments of fossilized organisms show up as small dark blobs.
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Biomass and Biodiversity Were Coupled in Earth’s Past

by Grace van Deelen 9 July 20259 July 2025

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff in Earth’s oceans changed alongside the diversity of organisms.

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Surface Conditions Affect How Mosses Take to Former Well Pads in Canada’s Boreal Fens

by Kaja Šeruga 18 June 202518 June 2025

With the help of key moss species, a new approach aims to restore the fens of the Western Boreal Plain.

Un gran árbol con flores rosadas se alza por encima de un bosque de otros árboles verdes.
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Algunos árboles tropicales se benefician de los rayos

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 June 20259 June 2025

Dos imágenes muestran el mismo árbol, antes (izquierda) y después (derecha) del impacto de un rayo. En la imagen de la derecha, el árbol no está cubierto de enredaderas leñosas y algunos de los árboles que lo rodean han muerto.

A large tree with pink blossoms towers above a forest of other green trees.
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Some Tropical Trees Benefit from Lightning Strikes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 May 202510 June 2025

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

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