Tag: Ecology/Environment

Brine discharged from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant raises offshore salinity levels more than permitted, but researchers found no direct local ...

Climate change could make corals go it alone

Credit: Opencage/Wikimedia and Anna Weiss/ The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences. Climate change is bad news for coral ...

Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first

Credit: Christopher Fielding Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered ...

Leipzig researchers on Spanish Antarctic expedition

Focus on interactions between ocean and atmosphere around the Antarctic PeninsulaCredit: Marcel Köning, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Ushuaia/Leipzig. During the next ...

Evolution, illustrated

Study captures one of the clearest pictures yet of evolution in vertebrates What do you get when you put together ...

Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo

The discovery is the latest in a series of newly described species collected as part of the Taxon Expeditions initiative ...

Climate change and infertility — a ticking time bomb?

Credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, Charles Sharp, Toby Hudson, and David Glass. Rising temperatures could make some species sterile and see ...

Insecticide resistance genes affect vector competence for West Nile virus

Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur In a context of overuse of insecticides, which leads to the selection of resistant mosquitoes, it ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought

Credit: O roxo, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent ...

New research: The Aussie plants facing extinction

Credit: Jen Silcock New research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub has identified the top 100 Australian plant species at ...

Achieving a balance: Animal welfare and conservation

Real-life conservation scenarios with endangered hawaiian birds to scientifically evaluate balance for re-introductions In a paper recently published in the ...

Plastic in Britain's seals, dolphins and whales

Credit: Frazer Hodgkins & CSIP Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new ...

Rewilding: Can it foster human coexistence with nature?

Rewilding may have the potential to drastically improve biodiversity but remains a highly controversial and divisive topic. A new book ...

Endangered sharks being eaten in UK

Credit: Andrew Griffiths Endangered species of hammerhead and dogfish are among the sharks being sold as food in the UK, ...

Solving the mystery of Serengeti's vanishing wild dogs

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is rich enough in wildlife to support large carnivores; so why did wild dogs disappear?Credit: Per ...

How a one-hour 'planting party' lifts spirits, builds skills among women in prison

Credit: Toews et al Both the study's idea and its outcomes were straightforward: Organize a short houseplant-potting workshop for incarcerated ...

Tulane study says seas may be rising faster than thought

The study suggests the the current method of measuring sea-level rise is not reliable A new Tulane University study questions ...

Miscanthus with improved winter-hardiness could benefit northern growers

Credit: Erik Sacks, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - For farmers, Miscanthus represents a big up-front investment. The large perennial ...

ARS microscopy research helps unravel the workings of a major honey bee pest

Varroa mites do not feed on bee blood (hemolymph fluid) Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and ...

Urban biodiversity: Remarkable diversity of small animals in Basel gardens