The American chestnut can still be saved from the killer fungus attack

31-05-2023
American chestnut has practically disappeared from the entire distribution area due to the attack by the parasitic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

Wollemia is in critical danger, but its resilience still endures

31-05-2023
Wollemia is one of the rarest botanical species in the world and its presence in nature is estimated at less than one hundred specimens

Plants response to light stress

25-05-2023
Stress factors involve more or less serious physiological changes depending on the intensity of the stress undergone and the tolerance mechanisms that the plant possesses

The role of plant sound

25-05-2023
Each plant makes high-pitched sounds when subjected to stress

Cryoseisms and their dangers

23-05-2023
A cryoseism is a seismic event that can be caused by a sudden disruptive action produced in the frozen ground or in the rock saturated with water or ice

The weight of the skyscrapers is sinking New York

22-05-2023
The alarm raised in new research published in the journal Earth's Future said New York's buildings, which have a collective weight of 1.7 trillion pounds, equal to 140 million elephants, are sinking the city at a rate of 1 -2 mm per year

Myths and Legends of the Cascade Range

19-05-2023
The range has been populated for at least 11,000 years, and Native Americans helped spread many of the volcano myths and legends that still survive today

The bristlecone pines: longevity and threats

13-05-2023
The secrets of their longevity and the dangers that threaten them

Threes able to absorb CO2 emissions: here what they are

13-05-2023
What are the best trees able to absorb CO2 emissions? There are several of them, with truly amazing properties

Mercury entotoxicology: what you need tot know

12-05-2023
The Mercury entomotoxicology study, published in the Chemosphere, highlights a very dangerous side effect of this element

USA: what are the plants and trees at risk of extinction

09-05-2023
According to a study published in the journal Plant people and planet, 100 US plant species are dangerously close to extinction

In Mexico, a 274-metre-deep sea chasm has been discovered

26-04-2023
These exceptional dimensions make it the second deepest in the world. The karst structure is in second place in depth, after the blue hole discovered in China in 2016, the Sansha Yongle, whose depth reaches 300 meters

The Pacific Trash Vortex and the paradox it is creating

21-04-2023
The island constitutes a new ecosystem where plastic is colonized by about a thousand different types of species

Indonesia: plastic pollution in the surface water in Jakarta

12-04-2023
Like many metropolises in developing countries, Jakarta has the problem of urban environment

It's Easter: because today and because every year is different

09-04-2023
Easted day is different year after year: here is why

Easter eggs, from Middle Age to date!

09-04-2023
Originally, eggs were boiled wrapped with leaves, or together with flowers, so as to take on a golden color

Microplastic presence in urban water: what happens

05-04-2023
Pollution is becoming endemic, and microplastics play a key role in pollution. Even in big cities, microplastics are slowly colonizing urban water

The importance of reducing meat production and consumption

04-04-2023
A recent study said that over two thirds of consumers in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US would be in favor of introducing carbon labeling, which could improve their shopping experience

Diet is essential as a prevention for our health

01-04-2023
Taking lifestyle and other risk factors for diabetes into account, the researchers of a recent study calculated that a 66-gram increase in total fruit and vegetable intake was associated with a 25% lower risk of developing the type 2 diabetes

Persistent organic pollutants in foods

28-03-2023
A study makes an interesting retrospective on a topic that is very important, especially with an eye to the future, to the generations that surround us they will be after us

Mysteries and Legends of the Gamburtsev Mountains

24-03-2023
For geologists, the Gamburtsev Mountains are a real mystery

The Mysterious Rocks Under Antarctica

24-03-2023
A group of researchers has managed to collect ancient rocks hidden under the ice cap of the southeastern pole

Consuming too much meat: can it be stopped?

21-03-2023
Many people, including those who eat meat, are still sensitive to animal suffering and are aware of the emotions they feel

How soil is threatened by microplastics

21-03-2023
Microplastics are accumulating in the seas and oceans, where they become a danger for animals, ecosystems, and even for the human health

Wildlife susceptibility to infectious diseases

15-03-2023
This was reported on the study: Wildlife susceptibility to infectious diseases at global scales, published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America