Researcher receives NSF grant to study fate of terrestrial carbon in freshwater ecosystems
Credit: PhenoCam Network Carbon serves as the building block of life -- it cycles through every organism, the environment, and ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Scientists use NSF grant to understand hydrologic controls on carbon processes in wetlands
Credit: Virginia Tech Wetlands play an important role in the carbon cycle, aiding in the storage and distribution of this ...
For some corals, meals can come with a side of microplastics
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Tiny microplastic particles are about as common in the ocean today as plastic is in ...
Finnish rivers transport carbon to the Baltic Sea at an increasing rate
Credit: Pirjo Ferrin The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in the ...
How to improve water quality in Europe
Policy briefs provide decision-makers with recommendations for actionCredit: UFZ/André Künzelmann The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted in 2000 aims ...
Through the eyes of animals
Credit: Emily Guevara and Cedric van den Berg Humans are now closer to seeing through the eyes of animals, thanks ...
Study calls for improved sanitation and the environmental management of pharmaceuticals
Credit: Dr. Simone Bagnis/University of Plymouth Poor sanitation leads to untreated wastewater entering river systems in many countries where industrialisation ...
Climate change and human activities threatens picky penguins
Credit: Credit: Jim Wilson © Eating a krill-only diet has made one variety of Antarctic penguin especially susceptible to the ...
In hunted rainforests, termites lose their dominance
Rice ecologists see sharp reduction in insect 'engineers' when elephants, other large animals disappearCredit: Photo by Therese Lamperty HOUSTON - ...
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Credit: Photo: Pieter De Frenne Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests ...
E4 Ecography Award for Ludmilla Figueiredo
Credit: Photo: Robert Emmerich / University of Wuerzburg Calcareous grasslands are dry, nutrient-poor habitats that occur frequently in the north ...
Sweet potato uses a single odor to warn its neighbors of insect attack
Odor induces a defense response in sweet potatoes to herbivores and protects other plants against potential invaders.Credit: Anja Meents, Max ...
Discovery of an unusual protein
Scientists from Bremen discover an unusual protein playing a significant role in the Earth's nitrogen cycleCredit: Boran Kartal Nitrogen is ...
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Credit: Martin Jung, University of Sussex Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as ...
Winning images of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
The winning images of 'Capturing Ecology,' the British Ecological Society's annual photography competition, are announcedCredit: Top left (going clockwise): Overall ...
Animals could help humans monitor oceans
Credit: Miquel Gomila/SOCIB Sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information ...
Biodiversity and wind energy
How stakeholders evaluate the green-green dilemma -- and what they think about possible solutionsCredit: Christian Voigt, Leibniz-IZW The replacement of ...
Habitat restoration alone not enough to support threatened caribou: UBC study
Other conservation methods may also be needed until restored sites are more establishedCredit: UBC Faculty of Forestry New UBC research ...
University of Arkansas provost Coleman named AAAS fellow
Coleman was selected for work in plant physiological ecology and developing research capacity in universities across the countryCredit: University Relations ...
Florida Museum’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis elected 2019 AAAS fellows
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Museum of Natural History's Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been ...
