160-million-year-old blue-stain fungi in China found to be harmful to trees | – The Times of India

160-million-year-old blue-stain fungi in China found to be harmful to trees | – The Times of India

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have uncovered 160-million-year-old blue-stain fungi fossils from the Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation in China. The new findings offer fresh insights into the ecological relationships between blue-stain fungi, plants, and insects during the Jurassic period. These fungi are generally nonfatal to their hosts but often accelerate tree mortality when associated with wood-boring…

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‘Unsustainable’: US treasury sec calls Chinese export-driven model harmful – The Times of India

‘Unsustainable’: US treasury sec calls Chinese export-driven model harmful – The Times of India

The United States on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on China’s economic approach, calling its export driven model “unsustainable,” which harms not only China but also the rest of the world. Speaking at the IIF Global Outlook Forum in Washington, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent stressed rising concerns around trade imbalances that US President Donald…

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