Tag: Ecology/Environment

International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise ...

Rare algae enzyme to convert cooking oil into ready-to-use biofuel

Researchers have found an unusual, light-dependent enzyme in microalgae. A new project at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, will ...

Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions

A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary ...

Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement

Credit: Masayuki Kondo Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil ...

Experiment suggests the best ways to tackle invasive Oregon grape in Belgian coastal dunes

Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one ...

Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as scientific transect monitoring

New research from a cross-organisational consortium in the Amazon has found indigenous knowledge to be as accurate as scientific transect ...

Bumblebees exposed to Chernobyl-levels of radiation consume more nectar

Credit: Jessica Burrows The study simulated Chernobyl-levels of radiation exposure in a laboratory to investigate the impacts it may be ...

Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies

Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, ...

Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change

Fishes' 'internal logbooks' show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygenCredit: Yvette Heimbrand, SLU If you ...

Scales offer insight into chronic stress of fish, University of Guelph research finds

Credit: (University of Guelph) For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under ...

Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama

Credit: Alejandro Tagliafico Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. ...

Illumination drives bats out of caves

No matter the color of the lightCredit: Stefan Greif Artificial light influences the behaviour of many nocturnal animals such as ...

Study sheds light on ‘overlooked’ bee species

Findings from ARU project could help to protect solitary, ground-nesting beesCredit: Dr Thomas Ings, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) The UK's ...

MASS: An integrative software program for streamlined morphometric analyses of leaves