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Lichens are in peril because they adapt so slowly to climate change

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Lichens are important for stabilising soils and providing some animals with food, but the algae within them are adapting to climate change at a rate of just 1°C every million years Life 15 February 2022 By Jake Buehler Lichen (Folmannia orthoclada) on rock in Atacama Desert. This lichen contains Trebouxia algae Matthew Nelsen One of … Read more

Humans May Be Slowly Losing Their Sense of Smell, New Study Hints

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Humans’ sense of smell may indeed be gradually fading, according to a study that has found people carry different versions of two scent receptors for musk and body odor. Olfactory receptors detect airborne chemicals that waft into our noses, but smell receptors vary immensely from one person to the next.   Any two people, on … Read more