How physical forces shape plants from the inside out to generate their complex 3D shapes
Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...
Good News Network11h
‘Change Has Been Amazing’ For Depleted Mountain: with New Vegetation Comes Deer, Pumas, Andean Bears
The páramo covers slopes above 10,000 feet in elevation all over the Andes Mountains, and acts like a giant sponge absorbing ...
Scientists Reveal “A Fundamental Process in Nature” – The Environmental Rules That Plants Cannot Break
Global research team explores how environmental factors and dispersal barriers influence biodiversity. Why do certain plants ...
Contentious Copper Boom Sparks Existential Mining Crisis in Peru
The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...
‘We don’t want the American Dream for our kids’: Why this couple left the US for Ecuador with their children four years ago
They’d never even visited Ecuador before, but Brittany and Blake Bowen, both from the United States, decided to move to the ...
The National on MSN7d
Chart of the week: The future of glaciers
On World Water Day, mountains and glaciers are in the spotlight - and the loss of these is an international issue ...
The Americas Explains How The Marbled Four-Eyed Frog Dies and is Reborn Every Night
Four-eyed frog is the common name given to Pleurodema, a genus of frogs with characteristic poison glands which resemble eyes ...
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The Americas Highlights Superheated Rivers of the Andes & the Super Ducks Who Live There
Torrent ducks have to survive freezing temperatures on land and extreme heat in the water. Learn all about it on The Americas.
The Cool Down8d
Scientists make mind-blowing discovery about llama-like animal's waste product: 'It's interesting to see'
Ecosystems in the high alpines of the Andes Mountains have been springing back to life thanks to the pooping habits of ...
KPBS15d
Peruvian farmer goes head to head with German energy giant in climate test case
LIMA, Peru — A landmark climate lawsuit opens in a German court Monday, as a Peruvian farmer sues a German energy giant over ...
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Citing melting glaciers, Peruvian farmer tests global climate law
HUARAZ, Peru - In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight tainted by ...