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Hitzestress Ansgar Kahmen

17 July 2020

Heat stress: The climate is putting European forests under heavy pressure

No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive analysis of the consequences of this drought and heat event shows that central European forests experienced a long-term damage. Even tree species...

16 July 2020

Questionable extension of Access and Benefit Sharing

Interesting new read on the expansion of the CBD Nagoya Protocol regulations to include "digital sequence information". The authors advocate to rethink the global policy of Access and Benefit Sharing. The article explains the importance...

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15 July 2020

Botanica Sudalpina Conference 2020

Botanica Sudalpina Conference 2020 will be held 20–21 November 2020, at the Natural History Museum of canton Ticino, Lugano TI,Switzerland. Satellite events on Friday November 20Main conference on Saturday November 21Local field trips...

bumble bee @Hannier Pulido

15 July 2020

Bumblebees speed up flowering

Bumblebees speed up flowering: If they find too little pollen, they pierce the leaves of non-flowering plants in order to force them to produce flowers more quickly. When pollen is in short supply, bumblebees damage plant leaves in a way...

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