NUS marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters
When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...
Tag: Climate Change
Rating riverside corridors — the 'escape routes' for animals under climate change
Credit: Bureau of Land Management Under climate change, plants and animals will shift their habitats to track the conditions they ...
African Union recognises world leader in invasion biology with Kwame Nkrumah award
On 10 February 2019 Prof Dave Richardson from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and a leading scientist in the field ...
Think big — at least when it comes to global conservation
Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...
Could theatre be way forward in communicating conservation messages?
Theatre performances in zoos can be effective in increasing knowledge of important conservation messages, a study at the University of ...
Addressing cooling needs and energy poverty targets in the Global South
Exposure to health risks due to extreme temperatures have been growing worldwide and a significant number of heat-related deaths are ...
CABI helps map ferocious speed and likely cause of woody weed spread across Ethiopia
CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree ...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the ...
How does the Amazon rain forest cope with drought?
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet ...
Climate modeling shows significant shifts in 21st century Pacific Northwest coastal forests
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A changing climate in the 21st century will significantly alter the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, ...
Climate change poses greater risk of mental health challenges for children born to depressed mothers
The findings suggest a need for prenatal interventions in an era of growing environmental disasters New York, February 6, 2019 ...
Diffusing the methane bomb: We can still make a difference
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing carbon containing permafrost, frozen for thousands of years, ...
When does noise become a meaningful message?
Bats tricked by the sound of rainCredit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Background noise is generally regarded as a nuisance that ...
Forecast suggests Earth's warmest period on record
Credit: Met Office The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to ...
Artificial intelligence can identify microscopic marine organisms
Credit: Tom Marchitto Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine ...
Leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors
New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated ...
Study reveals unsettling multidrug antibiotic resistance in remote Arctic soil microbes
Credit: Jennifer Roberts/KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A University of Kansas geologist's work in the remote High Arctic of Norway ...
Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement goals
New open-access book presents 2 years of research on how to best tackle climate change and its negative effects, funded ...
NW Forest Plan 25 years later: Wildfire losses up, bird populations down
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Twenty-five years into a 100-year federal strategy to protect older forests in the Pacific Northwest, forest losses ...
Heat waves, food insecurity due to climate change may weaken immune systems
Overheated mice do not defend against flu in lab studyCredit: University of Tokyo CC-BY Heat waves can reduce the body's ...