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8 days ago
Bees struggle to smell flowers when air pollutants combine
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 8 Oct 2026, 23:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Bees struggle to smell flowers when air pollutants combine”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Bees, moths and other pollinating insects have a harder time smelling flowers in polluted air, according to research led by the University of Reading. Scientists analyzed 22 experimental studies on how the air pollutants ozone and nitrogen oxides (NOx) affect pollinators.
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