Tag: Ecology/Environment

March 5, 2020

Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition release their assessment of the health and resiliency of coral reefs in the Cook ...

Deep-sea fish community structure strongly affected by oxygen and temperature

March 5, 2020

Research on deep-sea fish density and diversity in the Gulf of California has implications for climate changeCredit: Photo provided by ...

What we don’t know (about lakes) could hurt us

March 5, 2020

As extreme weather increases, scientists from 20 countries warn of risk to lakes and water qualityCredit: Samuel Nanchen As the ...

New book tells of early Antarctic explorations, continent’s connection to climate

A new book illustrates the environmental history of Antarctica through stories of 19th-century expeditions.Credit: Courtesy Gillen D'Arcy Wood CHAMPAIGN, Ill. ...

Flower faithful native bee makes a reliable pollinator

Just like us, the humble sweat bee has a daily routineCredit: Jacob Cecala Entomologists at UC Riverside have documented that ...

Almost alien: Antarctic subglacial lakes are cold, dark and full of secrets

Credit: JT Thomas More than half of the planet's fresh water is in Antarctica. While most of it is frozen ...

Destruction of an Atlantic rain forest fragment raises the local temperature

Brazilian researchers show that if 25% of a one-hectare forest remnant is cut down, the impact on the local climate ...

Birds of a feather better not together

'Homogenization' threatens ecosystems at larger geographic scalesCredit: Courtesy Proceedings of the Royal Society B Diversity plays a key role in ...

Waves and tides have bigger impact on marine life than human activity

Study of over 170 species in Swansea Bay, WalesCredit: Ruth Callaway/Swansea University The biggest impacts on the sea life in ...

New model shows winners, losers among marine microbes in warming oceans

A USC-led research team developed a new tool to show how rising ocean temperatures help and hurt various marine microbesCredit: ...

Nutrient pollution and ocean warming negatively affect early life of corals

Credit: Raphael Ritson-Williams Corals are constantly exposed to multiple environmental stressors at any given time. On a global scale, climate ...

Cover crops can benefit hot, dry soils

Credit: Rajan Ghimire The Southern High Plains of the United States have low annual rainfall. When it does rain, though, ...

Coral reefs in Turks and Caicos Islands resist global bleaching event

March 3, 2020

Credit: Photo by Abby Knipp CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A study that relied on citizen scientists to monitor the health of ...

Plastic from wood

March 3, 2020

X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measureCredit: KTH Stockholm, Marcus Jawerth The biopolymer lignin is a ...

To bee, or not to bee, a question for almond growers

Credit: Drs. Saez and Negri Pollination by bees is vital even when crops are assumed to be pollinator independent. That's ...

Montana State researchers earn NSF grant to study caddisflies and stream health

Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental ...

Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species, study finds

Significantly greater habitat loss occurs on private lands, indicating a need for more uniform conservation effortsCredit: Adam Eichenwald, Tufts University ...

How quickly do flower strips in cities help the local bees?

Credit: Susanne S. Renner Insects rely on a mix of floral resources for survival. Populations of bees, butterflies, and flies ...

Marine cyanobacteria do not survive solely on photosynthesis

Credit: University of Córdoba Marine cyanobacteria are single-cell organisms that settled in the oceans millions of years ago. They are ...

Radionuclide levels in freshwater fish differ between lakes and rivers