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Peak district grasslands hold key to global plant diversity
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have found that plants are able to co-exist because they share key nutrients, using grasslands from the Peak District.
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Making use of urban land to grow fruit and vegetables
Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 per cent of a city’s gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 per cent of the local population with their ‘five a day’, according to new research.
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Developing sensors to detect phosphates in soil
A new £1.8m research project led by the University of Sheffield is supporting the development of sensors to detect phosphate in soil, to help farmers increase their crop yield and reduce fertiliser use.
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Q+A: Professor Duncan Cameron on the Desert Garden project
Professor Duncan Cameron explains how he became involved in the Desert Garden project, which is giving families displaced by war the opportunity to grow fresh food in the desert using discarded mattresses.
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Family matters for world’s second biggest fish
The world’s second biggest fish – the basking shark – prefers to travel with family to familiar feeding sites, according to a new study supported by the University of Sheffield.
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Global science team on red alert as Arctic land grows greener
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change – the so-called greening of Arctic regions.
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Comment: Worst marine heatwave on record killed one million seabirds in North Pacific Ocean
Emeritus Professor Tim Birkhead offers a stark warning about climate change as he reflects on a disaster that underlines the importance of wildlife monitoring.
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Sheffield scientists discover how a snail’s genome aids evolution and adaptation to similar environments in different places
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered that the same parts of a snail’s genome are involved in their evolution and adaptation to similar environments in different places.
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Female birds able to ‘quality control’ sperm to influence the paternity of offspring
Researchers have discovered a feature of female birds’ reproductive systems that potentially allows them to select sperm and influence who fathers their chicks.
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New research reveals evolutionary insights into the early development of songbirds
An international team including researchers from the University of Sheffield has unravelled the evolutionary history of the germline-restricted chromosome (GRC), bringing new evolutionary insights into the early development of songbirds.
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Capturing elephants from the wild hinders their reproduction for over a decade
Capturing elephants to keep in captivity not only hinders their reproduction immediately, but also has a negative effect on their calves, according to new research.
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Older male house sparrows are better than younger males at “cheating” on their mate
New research involving the University of Sheffield takes us one step closer to understanding why older male birds are more successful at “cheating” on their mate than younger males.
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At least one in five wildlife species traded globally, study finds
Scientists have found that at least one in five land-based species is bought and sold on the world market, in new research which has quantified the extent of the global wildlife trade for the first time.
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Dr Andrew Beckerman recognised for exceptional service to the British Ecological Society
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Beckerman, from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, on winning the BES Award from the British Ecological Society (BES), for his exceptional service to the Society over the past decade.
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Climate change and deforestation together push tropical species towards extinction, say experts
Only 38 per cent of tropical forest can protect wildlife from rising temperatures as a result of deforestation, increasing the likelihood that vulnerable species will go extinct, say scientists.
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