Tag: Ecology/Environment

Study examines resilience of freshwater ecosystems contaminated by Roundup herbicideCredit: Photo credit: Vincent Fugère One of the world's most widely ...

Soil life thrives between oil palm fronds

Research led by University of Göttingen finds high levels of activity in suspended soilsCredit: V Krashevska, University of Göttingen The ...

Re-thinking ‘tipping points’ in ecosystems and beyond

Credit: André de Roos When a grassland becomes a desert, or a clearwater lake shifts to turbid, the consequences can ...

Fish school by randomly copying each other, rather than following the group

Credit: Photo by Milos Prelevic on Unsplash. Fish school by copying each other and changing directions randomly, rather than calculating ...

Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity

Credit: Yuanyuan Huang The forest biodiversity experiment BEF-China began in 2009 with the collaboration among institutions in China, Germany and ...

Whether horseradish flea beetles deter predators depends on their food plant and their life stage

Larvae of these leaf beetles deploy plant defense compounds to fend off predators, whereas their pupae cannotCredit: Benjamin Fabian, Max ...

How pest management strategies affect the bottom line

The economics of pest controlCredit: Ronald Stephenson A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management ...

Paleontologists discover why the oceans are so diverse

Credit: Photo credit: John H.R. Burns A new study in the journal Science has given insight into why the world's ...

Not falling far from tree: Ecologists study seed-to-seedling transitions

International team examines spatial processes of 24 tree species from Panama's Barro Colorado Island, during trees' early life histories.Credit: Steven ...

Deep-sea coral gardens discovered in the submarine canyons off south Western Australia

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Bremer Canyon Marine Park is already known as a biodiversity hotspot for marine species such as ...

Thinning, prescribed burns protected forests during the massive Carlton Complex wildfire

Credit: Susan Prichard/University of Washington The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in ...

Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens’ health

Study: Flower losses due to shrinking habitats and climate change hurt prime pollinatorsCredit: Jim Whitfield Without enough sugar in their ...

Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big ...

Illinois study shows universally positive effect of cover crops on soil microbiome

Credit: Maria Villamil, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops ...

New ecological process for producing cheaper biofuel

Canadian researchers make biodiesel from sewage sludge and glycerolCredit: INRS Professors Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi and Patrick Drogui, researchers at the ...

Baldness gene discovery reveals origin of hairy alpine plants

Credit: Ying Tan Scientists have solved a puzzle that has long baffled botanists - why some plants on high mountainsides ...

Eco-friendly biodiesel from palm oil?

Research led by University of Göttingen questions whether palm-oil biodiesel can reduce greenhouse gas emissionsCredit: Ana Meijide, University of Göttingen, ...

Citizen science and paddle surf to study microplastic pollution in Barcelona’s coastline

Study in Prat and Barceloneta beachesCredit: Anna Sanchez-Vidal, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA A team of the University of Barcelona has studied ...

Roadmap to a win-win against invasive weeds

Combining big data with citizen science provide answers to problems with terrestrial invasive species.Credit: Blair Cowie/Wits University Researchers at Wits ...

UTA civil engineer eliminating guesswork in protecting coastal homes from floodwaters