Tag: Ecology/Environment

May 18, 2021

Credit: Photo by WSU Photo Services PULLMAN, Wash. - Alterations in the epigenetic programming of hatchery-raised steelhead trout could account ...

Linguistic and biological diversity linked

Credit: Larry Gorenflo, Penn State Cultural diversity -- indicated by linguistic diversity -- and biodiversity are linked, and their connection ...

Indigenous co-management essential for protecting, restoring Bears Ears region

Credit: Pavlik et al. (2021) PNAS Indigenous people have lived in the Bears Ears region of southeastern Utah for millennia. ...

Slow research to understand fast change

Forty years of experiments, observation, modeling and theory may be just what's needed to see where the world is headedCredit: ...

Bird data from Ethiopia fills in baseline data gaps

Credit: Ça?an ?ekercio?lu/University of Utah One of the projected effects of a warming climate for species living on mountain slopes ...

Two biodiversity refugia identified in the Eastern Bering Sea

Credit: Irene D. Alabia, et al. Global Change Biology. April 25, 2021 Scientists from Hokkaido University have used species survey ...

Climate policies, transition risk, and financial stability

Credit: Adam Islaam | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) The way in which banks react to climate risks ...

Global land use more extensive than estimated

KIT scientists benefit from a new set of maps created from high-resolution satellite data and statistics to prove that land-use ...

How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics

Credit: Tara Stewart Merrill Whether it's plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host's initial immune response ...

New cyanobacteria species spotlights early life

Anthocerotibacter panamensis, a newly discovered species of cyanobacteria, can help researchers study the dawn of oxygenic photosynthesisCredit: Fay-Wei Li ITHACA, ...

Maternal stress during pregnancy may shorten lifespans of male lizard offspring

Credit: Tracy Langkilde, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Mother fence lizards that experience stress during pregnancy give birth to ...

First test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production begins off Puerto Rico

Credit: Loretta Roberson, MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass. and La Parguera, P.R. - A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson ...

NUS and Shell join hands to advance decarbonisation solutions

New S$4.6 million research programme aims to sustainably convert carbon dioxide into cleaner fuels and useful chemicalsCredit: National University of ...

Which animals will survive climate change?

Genetic changes in threespine stickleback fish driven by seasonal shifts could help scientist predict how certain species will adapt to ...

Force-sensing PIEZO proteins are at work in plants, too

Proteins that enable the sense of touch in humans have an evolutionary cousin that helps plants grow their root systemsCredit: ...

Evolutionary biologists discover mechanism that enables lizards to breathe underwater

Credit: Lindsey Swierk TORONTO, ON - A team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Toronto has shown that Anolis ...

How widespread is lemur and fossa meat consumption?

Study reveals the prevalence of lemur and fossa meat consumption in villages around Makira Natural Park, northeastern MadagascarCredit: Charlotte Spria ...

Species losses on isolated Panamanian island show importance of habitat connectivity

Credit: OSU photo by Randall Moore CORVALLIS, Ore. - Free from human disturbance for a century, an inland island in ...

High genomic diversity is good news for California condor

First complete genome reveals high genetic diversity despite recent brush with extinctionCredit: Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...

Kelp, maggots and mycoprotein among future foods that must be mass-farmed to combat malnutrition