The ambitious plan to plant nearly 100,000 trees a day with drones
Science News – ABC News.[:en]By science and technology reporter Jake Sturmer Can drones help fight deforestation and climate change? This team of engineers hopes to use drones to plant 1 billion trees every year to fight an unfolding global catastrophe. Source:Science News – ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-25/the-plan-to-plant-nearly-100,000-trees-a-day-with-drones/8642766[:]
Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria
ScienceNews [:en]By Elizabeth Eaton Prescribing a predator could be the answer to multidrug resistance. Journal reference: ScienceNews[:]
How eggs got their shapes: Adaptations for flight may have driven egg-shape variety in birds
From: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences The evolution of the amniotic egg — complete with membrane and shell — was key to vertebrates leaving the oceans and colonizing the land and air but how bird eggs evolved into so many different shapes and sizes has long been a mystery. Now, […]
Ozone layer recovery will be delayed by chemical leaks
By Fred Pearce Leaks of a common chemical used in paints and for manufacturing are harming the ozone layer and could delay recovery of the ozone hole until 2095. Source: New Scientist Daily news. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138753-ozone-layer-recovery-will-be-delayed-by-chemical-leaks/ Journal reference: Nature Communications
Tipping points are real: Gradual changes in CO2 levels can induce abrupt climate changes
From: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research During the last glacial period, within only a few decades the influence of atmospheric CO2 on the North Atlantic circulation resulted in temperature increases of up to 10 degrees Celsius in Greenland — as indicated by new climate calculations. Source: ScienceDaily
Generic form of Prozac curbs some symptoms of ‘autism’ in mice
By Melissa Healy Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are commonly treated with different forms of therapy, but a cure has yet to be found. Now, a group of researchers says an antidepressant may help, the Los Angeles Times reports. The study, reported in Science Advances, suggests that a shortage of serotonin (a neurotransmitter that acts […]
