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Current Rain Forests News Events, Discoveries and Articles
Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt
"Don't eat the green parts of tomatoes, cut the green off the potatoes." Any child would know that eating these parts of vegetables is a bad idea. The reason behind this is that they contain secondary plant compounds which may have detrimental effects on the consumer. (2008-04-23)
To curious aliens, Earth would stand out as living planet
With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life. (2007-12-26)
Rain forest protection works in Peru
A new regional study shows that land-use policies in Peru have been key to tempering rain forest degradation and destruction in that country. (2007-08-10)
Tropical insects 'go the distance' to inform rainforest conservation
The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay "close to home" - dining only on locale-specific vegetation - is being challenged by new research findings that suggest these insects feast on a broader menu of foliage and can be consistently found across hundreds of miles of tropical forestland. (2007-08-10)
Disappearing nest egg: Researcher studying declining numbers of macaws
Macaws, the largest members of the parrot family, have seen their numbers decline in recent decades, and that trend is continuing today. (2006-10-24)
Study: Rain forest insects eat no more tree species than temperate counterparts
A study initiated by University of Minnesota plant biologist George Weiblen has confirmed what biologists since Darwin have suspected-that the vast number of tree species in rain forests accounts for the equally vast number of plant-eating species of insects. (2006-08-24)
Underwater robots work together without human input
This August in Monterey Bay, Calif., an entire fleet of undersea robots will for the first time work together without the aid of humans to make detailed and efficient observations of the ocean. (2006-08-02)
Small-scale logging leads to clear-cutting in Brazilian Amazon
A team of scientists, led by Greg Asner of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, has discovered an important indicator of rain forest vulnerability to clear-cutting in Brazil. (2006-08-01)
Tropical rainforest nutrients linked to global carbon dioxide levels
Extra amounts of key nutrients in tropical rain forest soils cause them to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado (CU)—Boulder. (2006-06-21)
South Pacific plant may be missing link in evolution of flowering plants
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study involving a "living fossil plant" that has survived on Earth for 130 million years suggests its novel reproductive structure may be a "missing link" between flowering plants and their ancestors. (2006-05-18)
Current Rain Forests News Events, Discoveries and Articles
Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt
"Don't eat the green parts of tomatoes, cut the green off the potatoes." Any child would know that eating these parts of vegetables is a bad idea. The reason behind this is that they contain secondary plant compounds which may have detrimental effects on the consumer. (2008-04-23)
To curious aliens, Earth would stand out as living planet
With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life. (2007-12-26)
Rain forest protection works in Peru
A new regional study shows that land-use policies in Peru have been key to tempering rain forest degradation and destruction in that country. (2007-08-10)
Tropical insects 'go the distance' to inform rainforest conservation
The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay "close to home" - dining only on locale-specific vegetation - is being challenged by new research findings that suggest these insects feast on a broader menu of foliage and can be consistently found across hundreds of miles of tropical forestland. (2007-08-10)
Disappearing nest egg: Researcher studying declining numbers of macaws
Macaws, the largest members of the parrot family, have seen their numbers decline in recent decades, and that trend is continuing today. (2006-10-24)
Study: Rain forest insects eat no more tree species than temperate counterparts
A study initiated by University of Minnesota plant biologist George Weiblen has confirmed what biologists since Darwin have suspected-that the vast number of tree species in rain forests accounts for the equally vast number of plant-eating species of insects. (2006-08-24)
Underwater robots work together without human input
This August in Monterey Bay, Calif., an entire fleet of undersea robots will for the first time work together without the aid of humans to make detailed and efficient observations of the ocean. (2006-08-02)
Small-scale logging leads to clear-cutting in Brazilian Amazon
A team of scientists, led by Greg Asner of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, has discovered an important indicator of rain forest vulnerability to clear-cutting in Brazil. (2006-08-01)
Tropical rainforest nutrients linked to global carbon dioxide levels
Extra amounts of key nutrients in tropical rain forest soils cause them to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado (CU)—Boulder. (2006-06-21)
South Pacific plant may be missing link in evolution of flowering plants
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study involving a "living fossil plant" that has survived on Earth for 130 million years suggests its novel reproductive structure may be a "missing link" between flowering plants and their ancestors. (2006-05-18)
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