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    Biden Pledges Amazon Aid in First-Ever Visit by a U.S. President to the Rainforest

    Biden Pledges Amazon Aid in First-Ever Visit by a U.S. President to the Rainforest

    On a visit to Brazil on Sunday, President Joe Biden became the first sitting president from the United States to visit the Amazon rainforest. Biden promised funding to protect Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, and signed a proclamation making November 17 International Conservation Day, reported Reuters. During his four-hour visit to Manaus — the largest Amazon […]

    ‘These Organisms Are Like Sentinels’: Changing Oceans Threaten Plankton Species

    ‘These Organisms Are Like Sentinels’: Changing Oceans Threaten Plankton Species

    According to a new study, some plankton species may face changing environmental conditions by 2100 that could impact marine ecosystems and the ocean’s capacity for storing carbon. Planktonic foraminifera — single-celled organisms who live in seawater — are under threat from warming oceans, a press release from the Max Planck Society said. In tropical regions, […]

    Largest Known Coral Colony Discovered Near Solomon Islands

    Largest Known Coral Colony Discovered Near Solomon Islands

    The largest known coral colony in the world has been found in the southwest Pacific, near the Solomon Islands. Visible from space, the “mega coral” — a collection of tiny coral polyps forming one organism — could be over three centuries old, reported BBC News. The giant coral colony was discovered by a National Geographic […]

    Scientists Seek to Grow More Heat-Tolerant Tomatoes

    Scientists Seek to Grow More Heat-Tolerant Tomatoes

    As climate change worsens drought events, scientists are finding ways to make crops more resilient. Such is the case in a new study where biologists at Brown University explored tomato traits and growth cycles that are most durable against heat stress. Crop yields are expected to decline between 2.5% to 16% for each degree Celsius […]

    Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Have Increased by More Than 35% in the Past Two Decades, Study Finds

    Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Have Increased by More Than 35% in the Past Two Decades, Study Finds

    Over the course of the last several decades, people seeking to move out of populated areas have been increasingly building homes in neighboring wildlands. Wildland-urban interface (WUI) — places where human development meets undeveloped natural areas like grasslands, deserts or forests — grew by 35.6 percent from 2000 to 2020, according to new research led […]