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Air Pollution Could Make It Harder for Bees to Navigate

by Skyler Ware 28 October 202429 October 2024

Fine particulate matter in the atmosphere reduces the degree of polarization of sunlight, which insects use to guide themselves home.

Rows of green ash tree leaves lie on a gridded table
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Urban Lights Make Tree Leaves a Tougher Meal for Insects

by Amy Mayer 28 August 202428 August 2024

Two common street trees in Beijing show different responses to artificial light at night, but both grow leaves that are tougher and less toothsome to insects.

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Does Soil Sound Different After It’s Burned?

by Emily Dieckman 3 May 20243 May 2024

Yes, but not quite the way researchers expected it to.

NASA卫星拍摄的超级台风利奇马的照片。
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用雷达追踪不幸被困在热带气旋中的鸟类和昆虫

by Nathaniel Scharping 5 December 20235 December 2023

热带气旋可以卷走鸟类和昆虫,并将它们带到很远的地方。

Super Typhoon Lekima imaged from space by a NASA satellite
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Radar Tracks Unfortunate Creatures Trapped in Tropical Cyclones

by Nathaniel Scharping 27 September 20235 December 2023

Cyclones can sweep up birds and insects and transport them great distances.

Three ants crawl on a vine. The ants and the vine are seen in silhouette with a yellow sunset behind them.
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Ants Aren’t Adapting to Warmer Temperatures

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 February 202317 February 2023

Foraging in hotter-than-desired temperatures could negatively affect ants’ biology and the forest ecosystems that they support.

Viburnum leaf beetle on a chewed leaf
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Plant-Nibbling Insects May Make It Cloudier and Cooler

by Rebecca Dzombak 17 August 202217 August 2022

Insects that eat plant leaves could change the local atmosphere, but current climate models do not account for this impact.

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

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org 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

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 February 202219 September 2024

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.

A yellow-, red-, and blue-striped fumigation tent covers a building.
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Termite Fumigation in California Is Fueling the Rise of a Rare Greenhouse Gas

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 3 January 202227 March 2023

The insecticide sulfuryl fluoride isn’t included in federal or state emissions reduction goals.

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