A large quantity of fossils from the period just before and during the last ice age have been discovered in French Guiana. The area changed from a species-rich mangrove system to a dry grassland savannah in a relatively short period of time. So writes an international group of researchers, including UvA scientists Carina Hoorn and Nina Witteveen, in the scientific journal PNAS.
Farm Nitrogen Mostly Contributes to Nitrogen Blanket Locally miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Most nitrogen from farms goes into the nitrogen blanket and direct deposition is very local: Report phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Second-year PhD candidate Yuri Sinzato at the UvA Institute of Physics won the best speaker award for his presentation on the dynamics of cyanobacterial colonies in turbulent flows. The research is a major attempt to better understand and prevent tox
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