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2 days ago · Op naturetoday.com vind je dagelijks het actuele nieuws over de natuur. De berichten gaan over vogels, vlinders, libellen, reptielen, amfibieen, vissen, strand en zee, zoogdieren, planten en paddenstoelen. Ook thema's als het effect van verandering in weer en klimaat komen regelmatig aan bod.
Nature Today | Surprising discovery: Shade plants capture more …
1 day ago · Plants in the shade utilize more light for photosynthesis than previously thought. A team of researchers from Utrecht University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) describe how, in the scientific journal Plant Cell & Environment. Their conclusions not only advance research into the functioning of photosynthesis in shady conditions, but may also benefit greenhouse horticulture.
Changing boreal tree densities lead to higher wildfire risk and alter ...
Jan 10, 2025 · The extensive northern forests of Canada, Alaska and Siberia are about to fundamentally change their tree density because of climate change. According to a new study led by researchers from Wageningen University & Research, this change will increase the risk of forest fires. The research team explored twenty years of tree cover data from satellites to …
The bear truth: conflict can be prevented with brand-new radar
4 days ago · As human populations grow and climate change alters habitats, conflicts with Eurasian brown bears are on the rise. Wageningen University & Research has developed the Human-Bear Conflict Radar, an online tool that uses modelling and real-time data to predict bear movements and prevent conflicts. The prototype is now online and undergoing testing in Bulgaria.
Looking for ‘LUCA’ and the timing of cellular evolution
LUCA, the ‘last universal common ancestor’ of all living organisms, lived 4.32 to at most 4.52 billion years ago. This is indicated by a study from NIOZ biologists Tara Mahendrarajah and senior author Anja Spang, with collaborating partners from Universities in Bristol, Hungary and Tokyo, that was published today in Nature Communications.
Tropical rainforests are losing their resilience worldwide
Tropical rainforests hold a wealth of biodiversity, but are globally approaching a critical point. The drastic decline is happening faster than expected, concludes an international research team. The team includes biologist Hans ter Steege, affiliated with Utrecht University and Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
How do trees survive dry and hot summers? Leaf lifespan and …
Leaf legacy. Tree species differ in leaf lifespan, ranging from less than one year to more than ten years. The study shows that conifers with relatively short leaf lifespans suffered less from dry and hot summers: these trees apparently stand a good chance of rapidly replacing damaged and dropped leaves with new healthy ones.
Nature Today | Microorganisms essential to achieve global ...
The United Nations' sustainable development goals can be achieved by relying extensively on the use of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. This was written by an international group of scientists, including Jef Huisman of the University of Amsterdam, on 19 September in the scientific journal Cell.
Eocene climate change brought monsoons to dry Central Asia
An increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere 56 million years ago abruptly led to a wetter Central Asia with more plant growth. The publication in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience by an international group of scientists, among whom Carina Hoorn from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), sheds light on how our future will be shaped by global climate change.