Tag: Ecology/Environment

New England scientists will test algae for dietary supplements to decrease methane emission by cattleCredit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ...

Warmer nights prompt forest birds to lay eggs earlier in spring

Credit: Gergana Daskalova As climate change continues to cause temperatures to rise, the breeding patterns of birds such as blue ...

Tailings dumped into Portmán Bay continue to release metals into the sea 25 years later

Credit: ICTA-UAB The waters of the Mediterranean Sea continue to receive dissolved metals from the mining waste deposited in Portmán ...

In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes

Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more ...

Reclamation awards $8.9 million for innovative solutions in water and power management

Credit: Bureau of Reclamation/Alex Stephens The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $8.9 million to 27 new research projects and 114 ...

Two new porcelain crab species discovered

Credit: T. Britayev and D. Martin Two new porcelain crab species have been described in the ZooKeys journal by scientists ...

Increased risk of tularemia as the climate changes

Credit: Jolanta Dabrowska/Mostphotos Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method for statistically predicting impacts of climate change on outbreaks ...

Targeting deeply held values crucial for inspiring pro-environmental behavior

Credit: Carena van Riper, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Given the alarming pace of climate change, it is increasingly ...

Piranha fish swap old teeth for new simultaneously

Credit: University of Washington Piranha fish have a powerful bite. Their teeth help them shred through the flesh of their ...

Researchers describe a survival strategy in living corals which was only seen in fossil records

Heatwaves in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting Some corals can recover after massive mortality episodes caused by the water temperature rise. ...

Making conservation ‘contagious’

Credit: The University of Queensland New research reveals conservation initiatives often spread like disease, a fact which can help scientists ...

Many cooks don’t spoil the broth: Manifold symbionts prepare the host for any eventuality

Deep-sea mussels harbor up to 16 different strains of bacteria in their gills, keeping them prepared for environmental changesCredit: MARUM ...

Lakes worldwide are experiencing more severe algal blooms

October 14, 2019

Climate change is likely hampering recovery effortsCredit: NASA Earth Observatory image made by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the ...

The impact of human-caused noise pollution on birds