Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures

Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterize chemical mixturesCredit: Bodo Tiedemann Chemicals have improved our quality of ...

Plane travel destroys polar bear habitat

Arctic researchers want you to know that each metric ton of CO2 causes a loss of 3 m2 of September ...

Large marine parks can save sharks from overfishing threat

Credit: Andy Mann 'No-take' marine reserves - where fishing is banned - can reverse the decline in the world's coral ...

Study provides insight on how to minimize the impacts of severe weather on wildlife

Credit: Photo by Elina Garrison, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. When Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida in September ...

Global warming could have a negative impact on biodiversity generation processes

This is one of the conclusions of an international study focused on the causes of the evolutionary success of Carex, ...

Inspiring STEM careers through a hands-on Everglades microbiome study

Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida high school scientistsCredit: Alexander Klimczak The Florida Everglades evokes images of ...

How old are they? Some non-photosynthetic orchids consist of dead wood

Credit: Kobe University Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that ...

Here, there and everywhere: Large and giant viruses abound globally

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant virusesCredit: Zosia Rostomian/Berkeley Lab While the microbes in a ...

Deep diving scientists discover bubbling CO2 hotspot

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Diving 200 feet under the ocean surface to conduct scientific ...

What’s in Puget sound? New technique casts a wide net for concerning chemicals

Credit: Ryan Moriarty/UW Tacoma The waters of Puget Sound support many species, including mussels, salmon and killer whales. But researchers ...

Fungal diversity and its relationship to the future of forests

Credit: Kabir Peay If you indulge in truffles, or porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, you have enjoyed a product of ectomycorrhizal ...

Sustainability claims about rubber don’t stick

Research led by the University of Göttingen calls into question sustainability claims by large corporationCredit: F. Otten, University of Göttingen ...

New survey results reveal the experts and public’s attitude towards gene-edited crops