Purple martin migration behavior perplexes researchers
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Susan Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Purple martins will soon migrate south for their usual ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Urban beaches are environmental hotspots for antibiotic resistance after rainfall
Stormwater, sewage and urban waste-stream infrastructure, such as pipes, are potential reservoirs and channels for the spread of AbR into ...
Longest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Marine biologist Prof. Maoz Fine: 'Following in the footsteps of the pioneers of coral reef biology and ecology was an ...
Living coral cover will slow future reef dissolution
In situ experiment on Great Barrier Reef tests future ocean acidification scenarioCredit: David Kline A team led by David Kline, ...
Thousands of meltwater lakes mapped on the east Antarctic ice sheet
Credit: Nicholas Bayou, UNAVCO. The number of meltwater lakes on the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is more ...
Basking sharks exhibit different diving behavior depending on the season
Credit: Phil Doherty Tracking the world's second-largest shark species has revealed that it moves to different depths depending on the ...
Otherworldly worms with three sexes discovered in Mono Lake
Eight species of nematode discovered in the lake's harsh conditionsCredit: Caltech Caltech scientists have discovered a new species of worm ...
The global phosphorus crisis
An international team of scientists call to actionCredit: SDU/Lene Esthave Phosphorus is an essential resource for the world's food production. ...
Organization for Tropical Studies and UConn to support tropical studies in Africa
Credit: Organization for Tropical Studies In partnership with the Organization for Tropical Studies, UConn will support a study abroad semester ...
Converging on a global waste solution
University of Pittsburgh leads multidisciplinary $1.3 million NSF award to address global waste through circular economy designCredit: Swanson School of ...
Bacteria make pearl chains
With elegant appendages, the bacteria increase their surface area and thus improve their food intakeCredit: Max Planck Institute for Marine ...
High carbon dioxide can create ‘shrinking stems’ in marshes
Marshes grow shorter, denser stems under high carbon dioxide, which can help them resist sea level riseCredit: Maria Sharova/Smithsonian Environmental ...
OSU ecologist: Ocean-based actions can close gaps in climate change mitigation
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Ocean-based actions have greater potential to fill in gaps in climate change mitigation ...
Turning up the heat for weed control
Credit: Doug Spaunhorst Weeds are thieves. They steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our food crops. In the case of ...
Private boats in the Mediterranean have extremely high potential to spread alien species
Credit: Aylin Ulman This is the first study in the Mediterranean to combine boat and marina sampling data with crew ...
Bats use private and social information as they hunt
Credit: Merlin Tuttle In the arms race between predators and prey, each evolves more and more sophisticated ways of catching ...
Hurricane resilience in the Bahamas
A Stanford-led study suggests ecosystem investments to minimize storm damageCredit: Katie Arkema / Natural Capital Project As new hurricanes gain ...
Most California wildfire is in wildland-urban interface area with less fuel, more people
Credit: Kramer, Heather Anu; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Alexandre, Patricia M.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2019. High wildfire damage in interface communities ...
For baboons, a mother’s history of hardship can have lasting effects on her kids too
Baboons reveal how childhood wounds borne by one generation can take a toll on the nextCredit: Chelsea Weibel, University of ...
Crappy news for the dung beetle and those who depend on them
Credit: Daniel González-Tokman You mightn't think that the life of a dung beetle, a creature who eats poop every day ...
