Study offers new insight into the impact of ancient migrations on the European landscape
Credit: Fernando Racimo Neolithic populations have long been credited with bringing about a revolution in farming practices across Europe. However, ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Vermont has conserved one third of the land needed for an ecologically functional future
New study points to successes and gaps in the state's landscape-level conservation designCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM For the first time in ...
Almond orchard recycling a climate-smart strategy
The practice can create healthier soils, save water and yield more almondsCredit: Brent Holtz, UCANR Recycling trees onsite can sequester ...
American robins now migrate 12 days earlier than in 1994
New GPS data show birds adjust to shifting snow conditions as climate warmsCredit: Brian Weeks Every spring, American robins migrate ...
Study finds fish have diverse, distinct gut microbiomes
Credit: José Alejandro Alvarez The rich biodiversity of coral reefs even extends to microbial communities within fish, according to new ...
Tiny fly from Los Angeles has a taste for crushed invasive snails
Credit: Kat Halsey As part of their project BioSCAN - devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity in ...
Surprising hearing talents in cormorants
Credit: SDU Many aquatic animals like frogs and turtles spend a big part of their lives under water and have ...
Smaller than expected phytoplankton may mean less carbon sequestered at sea bottom
Credit: Photo courtesy Luis Bolaños, OSU. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study that included the first-ever winter sampling of phytoplankton in ...
Ocean deoxygenation: A silent driver of coral reef demise?
The world's coral reefs could be facing the additional threat of ocean deoxygenationCredit: David Suggett The existence of coral reefs, ...
Plant disease primarily spreads via roadsides
Credit: Elina Numminen An analysis based on mathematical statistics more precise than those previously carried out uncovered the reason why ...
Succeeded in commercial production of natural polymer from Eucommia ulmoides seed peels
Shifting away from petroleum-based synthetic materialsCredit: Hitachi Zosen Corporation JST has announced that the development subject "Manufacturing Technology for New ...
Overcoming carbon loss from farming in peatlands
Credit: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompre In many regions of the world, farming must be done on areas of soil categorized as histosols. ...
Climate change may be making migration harder by shortening nightingales’ wings
Credit: Javier de la Puente The Common Nightingale, known for its beautiful song, breeds in Europe and parts of Asia ...
Reduced off-odor of plastic recyclates via separate collection of packaging waste
Findings of Fraunhofer IVV, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and University of AlicanteCredit: Fraunhofer IVV More than 60 odorous substances were identified ...
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