Wildlife struggle to cope with extreme weather
Credit: Creative Commons CC0. The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underscores the ...
Tag: Earth Science
Fire air pollution weakens forest productivity
Credit: Xu Yue Fire is an important element of Earth system. Every year, global fires directly emit 2 Pg C ...
Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up
Credit: Paul Hames/California Department of Water Resources When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend to ramp up ...
Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britain's tropical Jurassic past
Credit: Mark Witton Spectacular flying reptiles armed with long teeth and claws which once dominated the skies have been rediscovered, ...
Lower oxygen levels to impact the oceanic food chain
Credit: Stephani Gordon, Open Boat Films ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 19, 2018)- Tiny fish known to survive where most marine ...
UNH research finds recreationists support offshore wind energy development
DURHAM, N.H.-- From boat enthusiasts to anglers, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found surprisingly widespread support for ...
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet
Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU MORGANTOWN, W. Va.-- The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is ...
Global warming didn't pause — researchers disentangle 'hiatus' confusion
The reality of ongoing climate warming might seem plainly obvious today, after the four warmest years on record and a ...
New insights on animal movement in fire-prone landscapes
Credit: Biological Reviews A new Biological Reviews article considers how fire histories affect animals' movement and shape the distribution of ...
Southwest forest trees will grow much slower in the 21st century
Even forest trees growing in average conditions may decline in productivity as much as 75 percentCredit: John D. Shaw, US ...
Optimizing restoration can deliver an eightfold increase in cost-effectiveness
Study shows that restoring nature with spatial intelligence can triple its benefits while halving costsCredit: Strassburg et al 2018 A ...
The importance of 'edge populations' to biodiversity
Protecting plants at the northern limit of their range may help species survive climate changeCredit: Hargreaves/McGill University More than two-thirds ...
Salmon may lose the ability to smell danger as carbon emissions rise
Credit: Andy Dittman/Northwest Fisheries Science Center The ability to smell is critical for salmon. They depend on scent to avoid ...
Takeaway containers — the environmental cost of packing our favorite fast-foods
Scientists say more should be done to tackle the growing environmental impact of takeaway food containers. A new study estimates ...
HKU fossil imaging helps push back feather origins by 70 million years
Credit: @Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang In a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team ...
The impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in the Philippines
A new study reveals the impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in Oslob, Cebu, PhilippinesCredit: @LAMAVE ...
Dauphin Island Sea Lab to lead mapping, restoration of SAV in Alabama
Credit: Heck Lab The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources tapped the Dauphin Island Sea Lab to lead a ...
Building a better weapon against harmful algal blooms
Research focuses on improving predictive models for farmers, others Predicting and pinpointing which farming practices are most likely to protect ...
Climate change leading to water shortage in Andes, Himalayas
Rapidly melting glaciers causing similar problems on two continents Climate change could have devastating effects on vulnerable residents in the ...
'Treasure trove' of dinosaur footprints found in southern England
Credit: Neil Davies More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints - made by at least seven different species - have been ...
