Ecology/Environment

Team praises widespread commitment but calls for broader participation to better protect global marine ecosystemsCredit: Luiz Rocha © 2017 California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (December 14, 2018) - Scientists from the United…
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Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social and environmental consequences - affecting everything from food security to the…
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Credit: Wikimedia Commons TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Hawksbill turtles aren't the only marine turtles threatened by the destabilizing effects of climate change, but a new study from researchers at Florida State University shows that this…
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Asian longhorned tick could find plenty of suitable habitat in North America similar to its native regionCredit: Ilia Rochlin, Ph.D., Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology Annapolis, MD; December 13, 2018--Since the arrival of the…
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International Boundary and Water Commission releases report on four-year scientific study by a University of Arizona-led binational teamCredit: Ernesto García Arvizu, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Four growing seasons after the…
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The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalateCredit: Justin Marshall The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalate.…
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Credit: William McDowell/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found unprecedentedly high levels of nitrate, an essential plant nutrient, in streams and watersheds of Puerto Rico for a year after two…
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Tiny Australian wallaby the last living link to extinct giant kangaroosCredit: Joseph Burgess A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) led collaboration with University of Adelaide reveals that Australia's pint-sized banded…
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When the human species infects other living beingsCredit: Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The new study, which detected bacteria from humans in the genus Salmonella and Campylobacter in Antarctic and Subantarctic…
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An Aalto University-designed and -produced dress made of birch trees shows how one day we will all look -- and feel -- good in sustainable fabricsCredit: Photo: Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva HELSINKI--Finland has always drawn on its vast forests…
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Credit: Jan Kansanen Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most - climate change, nutrient load and fisheries do, shows a new study from Stockholm University. It has long been debated…
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A 30-year old hydroelectric project in Thailand has caused rainforest bird communities to collapseCredit: Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij BANGKOK, Thailand (December 7, 2018) - A study by an international team of conservation scientists…
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Current map of river salinizationCredit: Rubén Ladrera, University of La Rioja (Spain) These are some of the red lines revealed in the special volume on salinization in water ecosystems, published this December in the prestigious journal…
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How much of the ability of a coral reef to withstand stressful conditions is influenced by the type of algae that the corals hosts?Credit: Arthur Grossman Stanford, CA--How much of the ability of a coral reef to withstand stressful…
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