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The equity paradox of environmental DNA for biodiversity monitoring
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Priority research questions in global peatland science - Communications Earth & Environment
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (1598+ words) The numbers at the bottom of each box indicate how many questions or respondents were involved at each stage. The arrows indicate the cross-cutting connections between the themes. What is the global extent and distribution of peatlands, including those in…...
Backseat driver architecture to passively follow sperm whales by their voices with an autonomous underwater glider - Scientific Reports
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (1708+ words) Concept of Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM)-based backseat driver via the Project CETI glider. Our contribution is twofold: Design details for a PAM-controlled backseat driver for a glider. A safety protocol for integrating backseat driver operations within an existing glider....
Evaluating effects of tissue type, preservation method, and decomposition on DNA quality to support genetic sampling in stranded small cetaceans - Scientific Reports
13+ hour, 20+ min ago (1683+ words) Measurements using the Nano Drop (ND) revealed that the tissue matrix (p" DNA concentration (A & B), and DNA Integrity Number (C & D) of different tissue matrices (blubber, muscle, and skin) preserved in 96% ethanol (A & C) or frozen at "20 C (B & D), measured using a…...
Positive tipping points for nature - Nature Sustainability
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1729+ words) Locke, H. et al. A Nature-Positive World: The Global Goal for Nature (Wildlife Conservation Society, 2020). Obura, D. O. et al. Achieving a nature- and people-positive future. One Earth 6, 105117 (2023). Thomas, H. et al. Achieving "nature positive" requires net gain legislation. Science 386, 383385 (2024). Scheffer, M. Critical Transitions in…...
Integrating tipping point concepts across diverse systems - Communications Sustainability
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1719+ words) Mathematically, self-reinforcing feedbacks can be characterized by the loop gain g, which measures how much a small perturbation is amplified through a feedback loop. When g>1, perturbations grow and the feedback is self-propelling; when g The Amazon rainforest provides a…...
Land vertebrates increasingly exposed to multiple extreme events by 2085 - Nature Ecology & Evolution
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (1327+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article The extreme event dataset was generated following the methodology by ref. 37 and is described in ref. 38 (analytical workflow in Supplementary Fig. 5). It is based on climate and climate impact projections from ISIMIP Phase 3b11. Exposure…...
Climate change'driven range contraction in the aquatic Fern Marsilea minuta L. (Marsileaceae): implications for wetland plant conservation - Scientific Reports
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (652+ words) Unsuitable areas (gray) encompassed regions where environmental conditions remained outside the species" ecological tolerance under both current and projected future climates. These persistently unsuitable zones included most of Europe, northern Asia, interior Australia, and large portions of temperate North America…...
Global blue carbon losses from salt marshes exceed restoration gains - Nature Communications
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1756+ words) We utilized multi-source satellite imagery to calculate the surface SOC density of salt marshes over time and at a global scale, enabling the rapid estimation of SOC. The methodology for SOC estimation involves the following components: where SOC density is…...
Keeping the "fairy tale" of the Marine Biological Laboratory alive
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (369+ words) Marissa Russo is a freelance journalist in Jacksonville, Florida. Cell biologist Mark Terasaki (right) has pledged to give US$25 million to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, over the next five years. Credit: Marine Biological Laboratory Although he…...