Solar development: super bloom or super bust for desert species?
Rare desert plants more sensitive to solar developmentCredit: Karen Tanner Throughout the history of the West, human actions have often ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Bornean rajah scops owl rediscovered after 125 years
First-ever photographs of what may be a distinct speciesCredit: Andy Boyce The Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl (Otus brookii ...
Limited fishing zones support reef conservation
Credit: Kynan Hartog-Burnett / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. A world first study within the Great Barrier ...
Will your future clothes be made of algae?
Researchers at the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology used 3D printing to create a novel, environmentally-friendly material ...
GM grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new study shows
Genetically modified grass cleanses soil of toxic pollutants left by military explosives, new research showsCredit: Neil Bruce A grass commonly ...
Less precipitation means less plant diversity
Climate change might lead to changes in plant diversity, especially in the world's drylandsCredit: Kristin Ludewig Water is a scarce ...
An animal able to regenerate all of its organs even when it is dissected into three parts
A surprising discovery in the Gulf of EilatCredit: Tal Zaquin An extraordinary discovery in the Gulf of Eilat: Researchers from ...
International study: Humans accelerate the change of biodiversity
Humans have significantly altered biodiversity in all climate zones of the Earth. This has been shown by a study published ...
Cary Institute’s Steward Pickett elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Prestigious honor recognizes Pickett's contributions advancing the field of ecologyCredit: Cary Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) Steward T.A. Pickett, a Distinguished ...
New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems
Analysis reveals complex forest connections that underscore diversity's role in protecting ecosystem healthCredit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the ...
Pop those ‘BPA-free’ drinking bottles into the dishwasher before using them
University of Cincinnati researchers find some water bottles thought to be safe actually have transient BPA releaseCredit: University of Cincinnati ...
Plankton have a genome like no other
Credit: © 2021 KAUST The genome of single-celled plankton, known as dinoflagellates, is organized in an incredibly strange and unusual ...
Fish have been swallowing microplastics since the 1950s
Museum collections reveal the history of micCredit: Loren Hou Forget diamonds--plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for ...
British Ecological Society announces journal prize winners
Credit: British Ecological Society Today the British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research ...
How reef-building corals got their bones
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith Coral reefs provide shelter, sustenance and stability to a range of organisms, but these ...
CIMMYT and John Innes Centre announce strategic collaboration on wheat research
Credit: Photo: Kevin Pixley/CIMMYT, CIMMYT Centro Experimental Norman E. Borlaug, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico. April 29, 2021. The John Innes Centre ...
Samara Polytech Scientists are developing new eco-technologies for hydrogen production
Hydrogen generation is based on natural gas pyrolysis in metal meltsCredit: @SamaraPolytech Employees of Samara Polytech University, the specialists from ...
Unlocking herbaria biodiversity using a QR code sampling-to-sequencing workflow
Credit: California Academy of Sciences Within the past decade, next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the way in which genetic data ...
Wasps are valuable for ecosystems, economy and human health (just like bees)
Credit: Professor Seirian Sumner, UCL Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to ...
Social media and science show how ship’s plastic cargo dispersed from Florida to Norway
Credit: Tracey Williams, Lost at Sea Project A ship's container lost overboard in the North Atlantic has resulted in printer ...
