Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: INL photo by Chris Morgan Idaho National Laboratory has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower ...

New study shows microbes trap massive amounts of carbon

Credit: Photo by Tom Owens. Violent continental collisions and volcanic eruptions are not things normally associated with comfortable conditions for ...

Mapping the path to rewilding: the importance of landscape

Credit: Credit: David Mencin via Imaggeo MUNICH -- Rewilding--a hands-off approach to restoring and protecting biodiversity--is increasingly employed across the ...

Scientists have cultured the first stable coral cell lines

The ability to culture coral cells could usher in a new era in coral biology research.Credit: Reproduced from Researchers have ...

From toxic ions to single-atom copper

A more efficient, safer alternative to sourcing copper via bacteriaCredit: University of Houston Copper remains one of the single most ...

US and Iranian researchers collaborate on Lake Urmia restoration

Credit: Somayeh Sima In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a ...

Climate change impacts conservation sites across the Americas

Credit: Professor Stephen Willis A continental-scale network of conservation sites is likely to remain effective under future climate change scenarios, ...

Defense mechanisms in aphids can become a double-edged sword, sharpened by the seasons

Protective endosymbiont dynamics in pea aphids are sharpened by selectionCredit: Drexel University/Linyao Peng Evolution is unfolding in real time within ...

Climate-friendly microbes chomp dead plants without releasing heat-trapping methane

Credit: Jian-Yu Jiao/Sun Yat-Sen University The tree of life just got a little bigger: A team of scientists from the ...

Ancient Indigenous forest gardens promote a healthy ecosystem: SFU study

The researchers say this study marks the first time forest gardens have been studied in North AmericaCredit: SFU A new ...

Little crop of horrors

With genes from carnivorous plants, researchers aim to grow hardier crop plantsCredit: Tanya Renner, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- ...

Unlocking Australia’s biodiversity, one dataset at a time

Credit: CSIRO Australia's unique and highly endemic flora and fauna are threatened by rapid losses in biodiversity and ecosystem health, ...

Plant provenance influences pollinators

Researchers study the importance of interactions between plants and insects in the restoration of ecosystemsCredit: WWU - Peter Lessmann Insect ...

Climate change atlas offers a glimpse into forest futures

USDA Forest Service overhauls a popular toolCredit: USDA Forest Service Delaware, Ohio, April 21, 2021-- For 20 years, the USDA ...

Warming seas might also look less colorful to some fish. Here’s why that matters.

Climate change is driving some fish into cooler, deeper waters. Now they may be faced with another challenge: how to ...

Host, management, or microbial traits: Which is dominant in plant microbiome assemblage?

Credit: Frances Trail We've all heard the news stories of how what you eat can affect your microbiome. Changing your ...

New evidence shows important seabird nutrients reach coral reefs after rat eradication

Scientists have provided the first evidence to show that eradicating rats from tropical islands effects not just the biodiversity on ...

Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds

Credit: Purdue University photo/Brandi Wren Brandi Wren was studying social distancing and infections before masking tape marks appeared on the ...

Microplastics affect global nutrient cycle and oxygen levels in the ocean

GEOMAR study points to possible major changes in the marine ecosystemCredit: Graphics modified from Kvale et al. 2021. The effects ...

To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature