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UC Riverside researcher names lichen after President Barack Obama

UC Riverside researcher names lichen after President Barack Obama

Biology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A researcher at UC Riverside has discovered a new species of lichen - a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf - and named it after President Barack Obama.





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Lichens function as indicators of nitrogen pollution in forests

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists have found lichens can give insight into nitrogen air pollution effects on Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino mountain ecosystems, and protecting them provides safeguards for less sensitive species.


At the fungal farmer's market, only the best cyanobacteria are for sale

At the fungal farmer's market, only the best cyanobacteria are for sale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lichens are the classic example of a symbiotic relationship. Both the fungal and photobiont components of the lichen benefit from the relationship and often are unable to survive without each other. Recent ...


Lichen Survives In Space

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created Nov 10, 2005 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

One of the main focuses in the search for living organisms on other planets and the possibilities for transfer of life between planets currently centres on bacteria, due to the organisms simplicity and the possibility of ...


First ever worldwide census analysis of caribou/reindeer numbers reveals dramatic decline

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever comprehensive census analysis of this iconic species carried out by biologists at ...


The conservation lens

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created Oct 24, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The definition of conservation priorities for biodiversity often focuses only on the numbers of vertebrate animals and seed plants in the northern hemisphere or in the tropics. But what about the other organisms, and the ...


Space: The not-so-final frontier

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 1

Of all environments, space must be the most hostile: It is freezing cold, close to absolute zero, there is a vacuum, so no oxygen, and the amount of lethal radiation from stars is very high. This is why humans need to be ...


Prized mushroom collection returns to China

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.


Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality

Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality

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created May 02, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Fewer caribou calves are being born and more of them are dying in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate, according to Eric Post, a Penn State associate professor of biology. Post, who believes that ...


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Climate change does double-whammy to animals in seasonal environments

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created May 22, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Plant-eating animals in highly seasonal environments, such as the Arctic, are struggling to locate nutritious food as a result of climate change, according to research that will be published in the 21 May ...


Desert damage: the dark side of solar power?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (19) | comments 40

Thousands of acres of solar panels could spring up across California's Mojave Desert like a crop of crystal mushrooms -- a new kind of gold rush meant to bring powerful environmental benefits.



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