Further South in Mexico, however, an effort is underway to make this knowledge-sharing model work. In 2022, two Wixárika communities in Mexico agreed to an ambitious project to document their rich knowledge of plants, traditional farming practices, and the language they use to describe them. This knowledge is at risk as people increasingly leave the…

Global vaccination trends are telling us both good news and bad news stories, nearly four years after the start of a global pandemic. On the plus side, some childhood immunizations have begunrecovering to pre-COVID rates. Against that, almost half of the 73 countries that reported pandemic-related declines in vaccine rates haveeitherflatlinedorcontinuetodrop. Also on the downside,…

Reuters file photoValleys cut by glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are seen along the mountains of Greenland on Aug. 3. Reuters 14:46 JST, November 22, 2023 COPENHAGEN (Reuters) — Global warming has increased the speed at which glaciers in Greenland are melting by fivefold over the last 20 years, scientists from the University of Copenhagen…

NASA / JPL-Caltech / ReutersA view of the last selfie taken by NASA’s InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022. Reuters 12:26 JST, November 22, 2023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seismic waves generated by a meteorite impact on the other side of Mars from where NASA’s InSight lander sits have provided new clues about the Red Planet’s…

Published on 22 November 2023 Biodiversity loss poses a threat to public health, social wellness, culture, science, the environment and every sector of the economy. Prior to settlement, Maribyrnong was predominantly an open grassland, home to a diversity of vegetation, which created habitat for native wildlife such as the fat-tailed dunnart and were once ecologically…

Tacloban, The Philippines – Twice a month for the last 10 years, pig farmer Alejandro Sumayang has planted mangrove plants along the shoreline a few metres from his home. Pushing a stick into the muddy ground, he creates a hole for the seedling, tying it to a piece of bamboo to prevent the tide from…

UT Southwestern scientists are currently leading about 5,800 research projects with more than $643 million in support from the National Institutes of Health, the state of Texas, foundations, individuals, and corporations. DALLAS – Nov. 22, 2023 – More than a dozen UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists are included on the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list, which recognizes the…

Abstract In the process of drilling oil and gas wells, the shrinkage and falling of wellbore walls are often caused by the expansion of mud shale water. To date, conventional additives have been unable to plug the pore throats of shale rock with nanoscale pores and thus cannot effectively solve the problem of wellbore instability…

Abstract The application of DNA barcoding has been significantly limited by the scarcity of reliable specimens and inadequate coverage and replication across all species. The deficiency of DNA barcode reference coverage is particularly striking for highly biodiverse subtropical and tropical regions. In this study, we present a comprehensive barcode library for woody plants in tropical…