The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...

Purpose The aim of the present study was to identify blood-based biomarkers that could predict individual VO 2 max improvement before the start of an artificial altitude training camp. Methods In an exploratory intervention study, 15 young highly trained athletes from the German Athletics Federation completed a 21-day Live High – Train Low program at an artificial altitude house, which simulated an altitude of 800 km·h (approx...

The recovery of degraded peatlands can make significant contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate warming. This study examines restoration techniques on shallow ex-milled peatland and intensively grazed pasture on deeper peat, both subject to prior drainage. Carbon greenhouse gases (GHGs) were monitored for 3 years following restoration treatment. After drainage-blocking measures, the ex-milled peatland wa...

Biological invasions can adversely affect pollinator diversity by threatening the maintenance of animal‐pollinated plant communities. Although most studies have examined single invasive species, accelerating species introductions driven by global trade highlight the need to understand how multiple co‐occurring invaders jointly influence pollination networks. We leveraged the relative simplicity of the Ogasawara archipelago to...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by significant clinical and genetic heterogeneity, with approximately 40% of cases linked to hereditary genetic mutations, including MAPT , GRN , and C9ORF72 . Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of cellular processes related to neurodegeneration and as potential biomarkers for FTD. However, their relevance in presymptomatic stag...

Salt precipitation in porous media can negatively impact environmental systems. It enhances the evaporation process and thereby leads to a faster drying of soils. To address this, we introduce a dual-continuum modeling framework that enables the simulation of fluid flow in both the original, main porous structure, referred to as porous matrix, and the newly formed salt structure. We present two modeling strategies: (1) a coupl...

Chatham Island, ~700 km east of mainland New Zealand, preserves several macroscopic tephra beds, sourced from the central Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) some 850 km away. These layers, often enclosed within peat, provide insights into the eruptive characteristics, timing and paleoenvironmental impacts of large explosive rhyolitic eruptions in a distal setting. We report the nature, origins and impacts of these tephras by documentin...

Francesco Di Virgilio, one of the giants of purinergic signalling, died suddenly on September 22, 2024, which is an immense loss to so many friends and colleagues and especially to his beloved wife, Dorianna. Here, 1 year on, we pay tribute to him and his immense contribution to our field. Francesco graduated in medicine from the University of Padova, Italy, in 1979, with what became a lifelong interest in inflammation. He the...

AUSPOS is an openly available online Global Positioning System (GPS) data processing service provided by Geoscience Australia and is recommended by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) for control surveys by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the Australian region as a method for providing connection to the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). A new and improved global reference fr...