Climate warming leads to more frequent tree reproduction at expense of growth
A new long-term study reveals alarming insights into the impact of climate change on the European beech (Fagus sylvatica), one of Europe’s most widespread...
Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change
The UK’s peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change.
Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more...
Botanic Gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction
The world’s botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say...
Scientists discover a super earth orbiting in a habitable zone of a sun like...
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star
The new planet, named HD...
Scientists predict what will be top of the crops by 2080 due to climate...
While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soyabeans...
New evidence suggests megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea five million years ago
A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal ‘megaflood’ refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a...
New twist in mystery of dinosaurs’ origin
The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new...
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
A new study has found evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their...
Major new footprint discoveries on Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway
In a stunning find, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of...
Could a genetic flaw be the key to stopping people craving sugary treats?
New research has found that people with a genetic defect in their ability to digest sucrose eat less cake, sweets and chocolate, which could...