Tag: PNAS

UF/IFAS study: Non-native trees quietly invading our U.S. forests, causing decline in native trees

by Lourdes Mederos
April 23, 2025

A new University of Florida study tracking more than 5 million trees over nearly three decades reveals a troubling trend for the future of forests in the United States – the loss of native trees. According to findings, published in ... READ MORE

Category: , Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biodiversity, Biological Invasions, Forest, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Invasion Science Research Institute, ISRI, Lourdes Mederos, Native, Native Trees, News, Non Native, Non-native Trees, PNAS, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Research, Species Richness, Tree Biomass, Tree Plots, Trees, U.S. Department Of Agriculture Forest Inventory And Analysis, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, USDA

UF study: Some Earth bacteria survive and grow at extremely low pressure; may aid Mars research

by Patricia Standeford
January 7, 2013

Captions at bottom. Click here and here for high resolution versions. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have discovered for the first time that some Earth bacteria can live under the same low pressure conditions found ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andrew Schuerger, Astrobiology, Bacteria, Carnobacterium, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Mars, NASA, Plant Pathology, PNAS, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Serratia, Serratia Liquefaciens, University Of Florida, Wayne Nicholson

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