科学与环境

Museum specimens reveal pathogen behind decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs

来源: Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories · 发布于

Museum specimens reveal pathogen behind decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs
来源: Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

In the 1970s, researchers began to observe drastic amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a global hotspot of frog biodiversity. For decades, these disappearances remained a mystery. Now, new research from scientists at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithso

In the 1970s, researchers began to observe drastic amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a global hotspot of frog biodiversity. For decades, these disappearances remained a mystery. Now, new research from scientists at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Pennsylvania State University (PSU), published today in the journal Molecular Ecology, points to amphibian chytridiomycosis, a devastating infectious disease, as the likely culprit.

阅读原文来源
Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it
科学与环境

Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it

Earth’s center of mass is constantly on the move, shifting by a few millimeters as enormous amounts of water, ice, and even air migrate around the planet with the seasons. NASA scientists have developed a more precise way to track these tiny swings using laser-ranging satellites,

All Top News -- ScienceDaily ·