Uranium chemistry and geological disposal of radioactive waste
New insights using the diamond lightCredit: Diamond Light Source A new paper to be published on 16 December provides a ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Wyss Academy for Nature founded at the University of Bern
Credit: University of Bern, Image: Ramon Lehmann Rapid biodiversity losses, accelerated climate change, and a growing demand for land resources ...
Salmon lose diversity in managed rivers, reducing resilience to environmental change
Natural resilience is more important than ever in the face of unprecedented climate changeCredit: Sturrock et al. 2019 The manipulation ...
Canadian tundra formerly covered in rich forest: Ancient plant fossil record shows
Credit: Daniel Hallen/USask SASKATOON--The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you ...
Climate cycles and insect pests drive migration timing of reindeer’s North American cousin
In the largest-ever caribou study a University of Maryland-led team disputes long-held assumptions about migration timing and suggests warming summers ...
Harnessing nature’s defences against tsunamis
International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise ...
Rare algae enzyme to convert cooking oil into ready-to-use biofuel
Researchers have found an unusual, light-dependent enzyme in microalgae. A new project at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, will ...
Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions
A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary ...
Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement
Credit: Masayuki Kondo Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil ...
Experiment suggests the best ways to tackle invasive Oregon grape in Belgian coastal dunes
Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one ...
Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as scientific transect monitoring
New research from a cross-organisational consortium in the Amazon has found indigenous knowledge to be as accurate as scientific transect ...
Bumblebees exposed to Chernobyl-levels of radiation consume more nectar
Credit: Jessica Burrows The study simulated Chernobyl-levels of radiation exposure in a laboratory to investigate the impacts it may be ...
Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies
Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, ...
Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change
Fishes' 'internal logbooks' show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygenCredit: Yvette Heimbrand, SLU If you ...
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