Sam's News — conservation — 2026-08-14¶

Conservation Policy¶

7.5 Trump administration removes habitat destruction from Endangered Species Act enforcement¶

The president of the United States' administration has removed habitat destruction from the regulatory definition of 'harm' under the Endangered Species Act, with transnational conservation implications.

Sources: google.com Web Search Update to: Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Habitat Protections

Environment¶

7 Drought dynamics linked to century-scale yellow fever outbreak in Brazil¶

Study connects drought conditions to an exceptionally severe yellow fever virus outbreak in Brazil with implications for climate change.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

6.5 Aquaculture expansion in Brazilian Amazon drives land-use change and carbon emissions¶

Study quantifies how aquaculture expansion in the Brazilian Amazon causes land-use transitions and increases carbon emissions.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

6.5 Global warming fingerprint reveals model biases in regional climate attribution¶

Study identifies observed fingerprints of global warming and exposes systematic biases in climate models for regional attribution.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

Conservation¶

6.5 Indonesia Wildfires Threaten Rescued Orangutans in West Kalimantan¶

Record wildfires in Indonesia have come dangerously close to a wildlife rehabilitation center holding orangutans rescued from trafficking.

Sources: The Guardian — Conservation RSS

Science¶

6.5 Caspase-1 identified as therapeutic target for lung cancer prevention¶

Multimodal analysis identifies pro-inflammatory caspase-1 protease activity as a potential target for lung cancer interception.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

6 Cortical neuron clustering differences linked to schizophrenia auditory processing deficits¶

Study identifies that abnormal local clustering of neurons in upper-layer cortex underlies schizophrenia-related auditory deviance detection impairment.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

6 Ingestible probes monitor microbiome drug metabolism via breath analysis¶

Study demonstrates ingestible sensors that enable breath-based monitoring of drug-metabolizing activity from the microbiome.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

Cancer Biology¶

6.5 Cancer-selective transcription factors rewire 3D genome topology for tumor gene control¶

Study reveals how lineage master regulators and cancer-selective partner transcription factors alter 3D genome folding to enable tumor-specific gene expression.

Sources: Science Advances RSS

AI¶

6 AI agents coordinate using majority-following rules at scale beyond humans¶

Study shows that artificial intelligence agents can coordinate actions through majority-following mechanisms that scale beyond human group sizes.

Sources: Science Advances RSS