Tag: Ecology/Environment

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Every beachgoer can spot seaweed in the ocean or piling up on the beach, but Florida State ...

Ecosystem service mapping and assessment: Research collection on methods and applications

EU Horizon 2020 project ESMERALDA shares methods, data, applications and research insights in a comprehensive open science special issueCredit: ESMERALDA ...

Study: Underrepresented faculty play an uneven role in advancing diversity and inclusion

Increasing the diversity of scientists is a priority for many universities and professional societies. Diverse teams are more productive and ...

Grassland areas should be chosen wisely

When farmland is converted from grain production to grasslands, the greatest environmental benefits are obtained by choosing land that is ...

Harmful algal blooms research — Fulbright US Scholar Award to New Zealand

Credit: Virginia Tech The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that David Schmale, ...

Remote sensing of toxic algal blooms

Algal blooms in the Red Sea can be detected with a new method that accounts for dust storms and aerosolsCredit: ...

Exotic pets can become pests with risk of invasion

As international exotic pet trade grows, a better understanding of forces driving the trade is needed to reduce the threat ...

Pop-up parks deliver big benefits in small spaces

Small greenspaces provide city dwellers opportunities to connect with nature and can serve as habitat refuges that help protect urban ...

The history of Arctic ecosystems as a guide to the future

An international research collaboration will study the interplay of climate and grazing on shaping tundra vegetation over millennia -- coordinated ...

New sub-species of pilot whale identified in Pacific Ocean

Short-finned pilot whales are found over a wide swath of the world's oceans, with habitats in the Indian, and Pacific, ...

An island haven for frogs in a sea of extinctions

An international team of researchers has a plan to keep New Guinea's frogs safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungusCredit: Stephen ...

Community impacts from extreme weather shape climate beliefs

New study finds that how our community or neighborhood fares in an extreme storm or flood may have a stronger, ...

Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives

Credit: Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research Program at Michigan State University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- As spring advances across the ...

Chasing species’ ‘intactness’

Credit: Rob Wallace/WCS In an effort to better protect the world's last ecologically intact ecosystems, researchers developed a new metric ...

Better conservation through satellites

Credit: A. Vila/WCS The use of satellite telemetry in conservation is entering a "golden age," and is now being used ...

A combination of agrochemicals shortens the life of bees, study shows

A nonlethal dose of insecticide clothianidin can reduce honeybees' life span by half; once combined with the fungicide pyraclostrobin, it ...

Freshwater find: Genetic advantage allows some marine fish to colonize freshwater habitats

Credit: Yasuyuki Hata How did some marine fish manage to make their way from the salty sea to the newly ...

Over half a million corals destroyed by port of Miami dredging, study finds

Researchers show dredging caused widespread damage to Florida's coral reefsCredit: UM Rosenstiel School and Miami Waterkeeper MIAMI--A team of researchers ...

Church, couch, couple: Social psychological connections between people and physical space

Washington, DC - Societies and people have reshaped the world many times over. From building cities and communities that live ...

Exposure to airborne metal pollution associated with increased risk of mortality