Tag: Ecology/Environment

New report finds that impacts of ozone-driven climate change span the ecosystemCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- Increased solar radiation penetrating ...

Additions, deletions, & changes to the official list of North American birds

The latest supplement to the American Ornithological Society's checklist of North and Middle American birds is being published in The ...

Safeguarding Australia’s Great Barrier Reef takes a cultural shift

The deployment of a novel, low cost device to rapidly propagate coral demonstrates a 'cultural shift' in the way science ...

Big data and innovations for healthy bees

Recently started, Horizon 2020 project B-GOOD seeks to create a EU-wide management and health data platform to assist sustainable beekeepingCredit: ...

Scientists hit pay dirt with new microbial research technique

A better method for studying microbes in the soil will help scientists understand large-scale environmental cyclesCredit: Susan Brand and Marilyn ...

UTSA uses permeable pavements and grass to cool cities and clean the water

Credit: Photo by Jonas Weckschmied (San Antonio, June 24, 2019) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College ...

New hypothesis links habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases

Auburn research study presents the 'Coevolution Effect' to explain the connection between habitat fragmentation and disease spillover into human populationsCredit: ...

Be prepared: Prioritising invasive species for strategic prevention (Durban, South Africa)

Credit: Şerban Procheş While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L. ...

‘Sneezing’ plants contribute to disease proliferation

June 21, 2019

Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech researchers discovered that wheat plants "sneezing" off condensation can vastly impact the spread of spore-borne ...

Color change and behavior enable multi-colored chameleon prawns to survive

June 21, 2019

Credit: Martin Stevens Chameleon prawns change colour to camouflage themselves as the seaweed around them changes seasonally, new research shows. ...

Skin bacteria could save frogs from virus

June 21, 2019

Credit: Chris Sergeant/ZSL Bacteria living on the skin of frogs could save them from a deadly virus, new research suggests. ...

Animals may have more than one means of surviving hypoxia

Credit: Allie Graham and Jason Presnell, OSU College of Science CORVALLIS, Ore. - A tidepool crustacean's ability to survive oxygen ...

Heat kills invasive jumping worm cocoons, could help limit spread

Credit: Chris Barncard / UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum shows that temperatures ...

Dynamic collaboration behind new research into best way of using biologging tags

Methods used to design F1 cars and spacecraft have played a crucial role in new research into the tags used ...

NSF awards $4 million to the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

The hub builds data science partnerships to address societal challenges The Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub has been awarded a ...

Danish researchers confirm that narwhals and belugas can interbreed

Credit: Markus Bühler A team of University of Copenhagen researchers has compiled the first and only evidence that narwhals and ...

Urban wildlife may be a significant vector for anti-microbial resistant germs

Better urban planning and waste disposal practices are critical, say scientistsCredit: Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases (ZED) www.zoonotic-diseases.org In the cities ...

New research shows importance of climate on spruce beetle flight

June 19, 2019

Credit: Karina Puikkonen/Colorado State University If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains could ...

Deep submersible dives shed light on rarely explored coral reefs

June 19, 2019

Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Just beyond where conventional scuba divers can go is an area of the ocean that ...

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