Tag: Ecology/Environment

March 13, 2020

Study: Changes in insecticides, fertilization drove productivity gains -- not Bt cotton adoptionCredit: Glenn Davis Stone/Washington University Genetically modified (GM) ...

HKU scientists find high concentrations of toxic phenyltin compounds in local Chinese white dolphins

March 13, 2020

confirming their biomagnification through marine food chainsCredit: AFCD For years Professor Kenneth Leung Mei Yee from the HKU School of ...

SUTD develops missing link to circular economy while tackling global waste

March 13, 2020

Urban waste and bio-inspired engineering provide key ingredients to 3D printed bioplastic, allowing for global adoption of sustainable manufacturing processes.Credit: ...

Ocean acidification impacts oysters’ memory of environmental stress

Credit: Yaamini Venkataraman/University of Washington As oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they are becoming increasingly acidic and shifting the delicate ...

Environmental DNA in rivers offers new tool for detecting wildlife communities

International team, UMass Amherst ecologist, tested new mammal survey methodCredit: UMass Amherst/Joseph Drake AMHERST, Mass. - Ecologists in England and ...

Aerial insect trap network describes life in the skies

Credit: Doris Lagos-Kutz, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most invasive species, when the soybean aphid arrived ...

New nano strategy fights superbugs

Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...

Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease

Credit: Carol Anne Nichols With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand ...

Natural habitat around farms a win for strawberry growers, birds and consumers

Removing natural habitat can increase growers' costs up to 76% with no detectable effect on food safetyCredit: Elissa Olimpi/UC Davis ...

The naming of the shrew

Researchers discover the Sulawesi hairy-tailed shrewCredit: Kevin Rowe, Museums Victoria. Researchers at Louisiana State University have discovered a new species ...

Keeping cats indoors could blunt adverse effects to wildlife

Credit: Roland Kays Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware ...

Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters

Common whelk live in one of the fastest warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study saysCredit: Sarah Borsetti/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Climate change ...

Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle

Credit: Vivian Wauters Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...

Is intensive agriculture reducing mourning dove reproduction in the eastern US?