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A study of more than 25,000 trees and palms in regenerating Amazon forests found that just 15–25 pioneer species dominate early forest recovery and carbon storage, rapidly colonizing degraded land and creating conditions that allow mature-forest species to return.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com
u/Phylogenix — 2 days ago
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Climate simulations suggest a weaker Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation causes the global ocean to retain more heat, with past weakening events producing additional warming equivalent to about 25 ppm of atmospheric CO₂, or roughly 10 years of current human emissions.

nature.com
u/Phylogenix — 2 days ago
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Mercury accumulation on the Antarctic Peninsula shelf has risen 160% since industrialization, while warming-driven ice melt has increased terrestrial mercury release by 550% and mercury export to the open ocean by 400%, turning historical pollution into a renewed source.

pnas.org
u/Phylogenix — 3 days ago
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Older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5°C of global warming above preindustrial levels, compared with around 4°C for younger adults, suggesting people aged 60 and over are substantially more vulnerable to extreme heat than previously estimated.

theguardian.com
u/Phylogenix — 3 days ago
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An assessment of food systems across 197 countries finds that fewer than one-third are on track to meet 2030 targets for 22 of 30 indicators, while no country is projected to meet the target for food-system greenhouse gas emissions at its current pace.

nature.com
u/Phylogenix — 3 days ago
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Climate modeling suggests the AMOC may not have a fixed temperature threshold for collapse: it remained stable beyond 5°C under slow warming but collapsed around 2°C under faster warming, indicating that the rate of climate change can strongly influence its stability.

doi.org
u/Phylogenix — 4 days ago
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Blocking the inflammatory enzyme caspase-1 reduced lung tumor development in high-risk mice, while combining a caspase-1 inhibitor with an IL-1 beta antibody prevented tumors entirely in nearly 20% of treated mice, suggesting a potential approach for lung cancer prevention.

science.org
u/Phylogenix — 4 days ago
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An analysis of nearly 3,500 wildfires across western North America found that faster-spreading fires caused more severe tree mortality and left burned areas farther from surviving seed trees, reducing the ability of conifer forests to naturally recover.

science.org
u/Phylogenix — 7 days ago
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Scientists discovered a new deep-sea coral species off Costa Rica that was so genetically and anatomically distinct from known corals that researchers established a new genus and family to classify it, revealing a previously unknown evolutionary lineage.

zookeys.pensoft.net
u/Phylogenix — 8 days ago
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Beef and dairy production accounts for 41% of biodiversity damage caused by world's farmland. Half of all carbon loss comes from just 12% of farmland. Animal-sourced foods linked to 8x more carbon loss and 14x more biodiversity loss per calorie than plant-sourced foods.

oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
u/Phylogenix — 9 days ago
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Industrial-scale illegal and unreported fishing accounts for an estimated 8–15% of global marine wild catch and supports an illicit seafood trade worth US$6.2–12.2 billion annually, with about two-thirds of its value originating in West Africa, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

pnas.org
u/Phylogenix — 9 days ago
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Marine heatwaves may threaten human health by intensifying extreme weather, promoting harmful algal blooms, disrupting seafood supplies and livelihoods, and contributing to anxiety and grief in coastal communities, according to a new research review.

nature.com
u/Phylogenix — 9 days ago