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Termites’ Engineering Skills Help Protect Tropical Rainforests From Drought

Termites are minuscule scourges to homeowners, but the wood-chomping critters are also masterful engineers. And now an international team of researchers has found that these construction skills ... read more

Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds

But termites, better known for their intricate mound-building skills and for chewing through wooden furniture, help tropical ... the El Niño drought of 2015-2016. The team set up experimental plots ... read more

How termites help rainforests survive climate change

Termites, they knew, ruled the realm of the dirt in the forest, chomping through the drifts of leaves that fell from the trees, digging tunnels and aerating the soil, and “engineering ... bits of ... read more

How forest termites protect tropical forests from drought

The efforts of tiny forest termites have a big effect on the harmful ecological effects of drought in tropical rainforests, according to a new ... by showing how a single insect community can help ... read more

Ants build superhighways without bosses or blueprints

To better understand this feat of engineering, Thomas Bochynek at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and his colleagues used paper barricades to block ant trails in the lab and in a ... read more

Best books for curious kids

Until then, read on for reviews of the finalists written by the staff of the Science family of journals, with help from a few friends ... even the Arctic or a rain forest. The book explains the causes ... read more

At the end of our weather

Termites have invaded the south of the ... Coral reefs are the 'rainforests of the oceans'. The most biologically diverse of all marine ecosystems, tropical reefs hold nine million different kinds of ... read more

Will Frankenfood Save the Planet?

Many will need help to pay for the seed, too. Finally there is the matter of using biotech in a way that actually benefits the environment. Often the technological blade can cut either way, especially ... read more

11. Directional tree felling training program: an association’s approach - Peter C.S. Kho and Barney S.T. Chan*

The STA Secretariat, with assistance from the Engineering ... to save time. Weather is an important consideration due to the remoteness of logging camps and difficult transport conditions. Some boats ... read more

Malayan Sun bear: bile trade threatens the World’s smallest bear

The Sun bear’s love of fruit makes it an excellent seed disperser, providing a vital service to forest trees. Sun bears also control forest pests such as termites. When hunting for ants or bees, they ... read more

The New York Times

Functional MRIs can help ... rain forest is being turned into farmland, which poses huge ecological concerns long-term. Changing precipitation patterns are affecting water supplies for farmers around ... read more

Rewilding Kaho'olawe Island

Wright trained in electrical engineering and co-founded the Willow Grove Foundation in 2000, which supports inner city child education enrichment programs and environmental stewardship initiatives, ... read more