Tag: Ecology/Environment

A new strategy for efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels that can transform glucose and oleaginous microorganisms into microbial diesel ...

Credit: Karla Jarecke Wetlands are an important part of the Earth's natural water management system. The complex system of plants, ...

Lehigh University professor, an expert in electrochemical technologies for soil and water decontamination, has long advocated for women in STEMCredit: ...

Credit: Joan Eckhardt Many of North America's migratory songbirds, which undertake awe-inspiring journeys twice a year, are declining at alarming ...

Credit: Joseph Tomelleri/University of Washington Press The first book documenting all of the known species of fishes that live in ...

Research team lead by Göttingen scientist compares traditional and modern survey methodsCredit: Kevin Darras For a long time, ecologists have ...

New study using a rat model for high blood pressure helps explain the different sensory nerve-induced physiological response to air ...

Pacific temporary fishing bans are better than permanent closuresCredit: © Emily Darling/WCS Temporary bans on fishing can be better than ...

Rapid resprouting and flowering of Bulbostylis paradoxa is proof of the Cerrado biome's superb resilience and its capacity to evolve ...

The carbon cycling in lakes is studied using a process-based model that describes the temporal evolution of temperature distribution and ...

Repeat coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures has resulted in lasting changes to fish communities, according to a new ...

Special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences explores current research and challenges in investigating plant root systemsCredit: Image credit Huskey ...

Credit: Jennifer Weathered/Utah State University The common perception that pesticides reduce or eliminate target insect species may not always hold. ...

UMass Amherst genomicist explores how natural selection shaped gene copy numbersCredit: US Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists from the University ...