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1. Draining peatlands for agriculture adds 'huge pulse' to global warming

   New research has calculated the damage done by farmers converting tropical peat swamps to oil palm plantations.

2. Microbes, pollution and freshwater ecology in China

   Research to help inform water quality monitoring

3. Scientists discover 'speed gene' of fastest humans

   Scientists at LJMU@s School of Sport and Exercise Science and partner institutions discover gene variant linked to world-class sprint performance in largest-ever genetic study

4. IVF pioneer leads new Masters in Clinical Embryology

   A shortage of fertility professionals has prompted a new Masters degree with Liverpool John Moores University.

5. £8 million appliance of science to overfishing in Europe

   22 partners in consortium for Horizon sustainability of oceans project SEA4FUTURE.

6. Study of 'nearest human relative' suggests parenting more influential than genetics

   Paper in Communications Biology looked at influencers of stress in 600 chimpanzees

7. Liverpool’s ‘blue people’: the older adults redefining what ageing looks like

   PhD candidate in Sport Science writes in The Conversation.

8. Energy from plants - how hybrids can boost biomass production

   Plant biologists show methods to improve Miscanthus hybrids to optimise seed production

9. Turning CSI to curb the illegal trade of wildlife

   Professor Stefano Mariani of Liverpool John Moores University leads study of forensic tools to identify illegal trade in marine species

10. Human-altered ecosystems

    What can fossil bones tell us about the ecology and behaviour of extinct species? In two recent publications, Dr Carlo Meloro from the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology has worked with international teams to demonstrate how we can interpret palaeoecology (the ecology of fossil animals and plants) of extinct wild dogs by looking at their fore-limb and skull shape.