Tag: Ecology/Environment

Scientists have used satellite observations to identify the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt ...

In the first study to quantify how many trees the Earth can support, where, and how much carbon they could ...

Credit: ETH Zurich / Crowther Lab The Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich investigates nature-based solutions to climate change. In their ...

What is the natural world worth? Can you put a price on birdsong? These are among the questions to be ...

Credit: Wangzhen Zhang Specimens kept in the collection of the Institute of Beneficial Insects at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry ...

If a tree falls, and no one's there to hear it, does it feel pain and loneliness? No, experts argue ...

Credit: USDA Forest Service photo by Damon Lesmeister New findings show that old-growth forests, a critical nesting habitat for threatened ...

Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The National Science Foundation has awarded a CAREER grant to ...

Credit: University of Otago University of Otago scientists are part of an international research collaboration which has made an important ...

Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science ...

Credit: Craig Chandler/University Communication/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Whole ecosystems are shifting dramatically north in the Great Plains, a phenomenon likely linked ...

Credit: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR Brazil's leatherback turtles are making a "gentle recovery" after 30 years of conservation efforts, ...

Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research ...

Conserving a wide range of coral habitats is the best strategyCredit: Michelle Stuart/Rutgers University-New Brunswick The best way to protect ...