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• Seagrasses Can Store as Much Carbon as Forests
  

  

  Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and, per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world's temperate and tropical forests.

  So report researchers publishing a paper this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.

  The paper, "Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock," is the first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses.

  The results demonstrate that coastal seagrass beds ...
  

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• Relationship Between Social Status and Wound-Healing in Wild Baboons
  

  

  Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.

  Results of a study by University of Notre Dame biologist Beth Archie and colleagues from Princeton University and Duke University finds that male baboons that have a high rank within their society recover more quickly from injuries, and are less likely to become ill than other males.

  The finding is somewhat surprising, given that top-ranked males also experience high stress, which should suppress immune ...
  

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• National Science Foundation Hosts Inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review
  

  

  Arlington, VA -- Leaders from a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), today released a set of merit review principles and established a Global Research Council. Heads of research councils from about 50 countries participated in the summit and joined the Global Research Council.

  The merit review principles crafted by the summit leaders include expert assessment, transparency, impartiality, appropriateness, confidentiality, and ...
  

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• Mapping the Genomes of Crocodiles and Alligators--It's Not for the Faint of Heart!
  

  Adventurous field work expands knowledge of evolution and could help save endangered species
  

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