Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was ...

Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University ...

In an article published in PNAS, Brazilian researchers stress the need for agricultural management that favors the maintenance of wildlifeCredit: ...

Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to ...

How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the ...

Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main ...

Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...

A blueprint for how to educate people to maximize their impactCredit: U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service If you like ...

Credit: Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf ...

Runoff from soils and surrounding environments provide life-sustaining carbonCredit: Lars Iversen All plants need carbon dioxide, or CO2 to live. ...

Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, ...

UH researcher develops model to project lake levels in world's largest tropical lakeCredit: Emily Beverly Global climate change could cause ...

Study shows link between health and size of social groupCredit: Photo by Dr Claudia Wascher, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) A ...

In a changing ocean, giant kelp's reproductive success depends on where it's fromCredit: Jordan Hollarsmith/UC Davis When a marine heat ...

Credit: Danilo Cedrone, UN Food and Agriculture Organization DURHAM, N.C. - The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species ...

Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around ...

Credit: NC State University A new video game framework brings together two well-studied approaches to educational software in order to ...

Credit: The University of Queensland Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according ...

Credit: Paul Rose Watching the behaviour and body language of zoo animals could be the key to understanding and improving ...

Credit: Scientific illustration created by Dr I M Berenjeno (DhramaBeren Studio, www.dharmaberen.com) Contrary to the long-held belief that plants in ...