Freshwater salt pollution threatens ecosystem health and human water security
Credit: Virginia Tech Water touches virtually every aspect of human society, and all life on earth requires it. Yet, fresh, ...
Tag: Ecology/Environment
Announcing the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award Winners
Credit: BioOne WASHINGTON, D.C. -- BioOne (about.BioOne.org) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award. These ...
The COVID-19 is a unique opportunity to move towards more sustainable and equitable society
Credit: Potterf, Maria [email protected] Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä highlight how the struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can ...
Understanding our restoring force
Research team shows that restoration efforts can brighten an ecosystem's future, but cannot erase its pastCredit: Nash Turley An expansive ...
Ten ways to ensure bees benefit from the solar power boom
Researchers assessing the impact of solar energy development across Europe have come up with ten ways in which the expansion ...
Human land use wasn’t always at nature’s expense
Credit: Ganta Srinivas Nearly three-quarters of Earth's land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it ...
Shedding light on the long and the short of plant growth
Credit: John Innes Centre What keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others - even those closely related ...
Archaeological data demand new approaches to biodiversity conservation
Credit: Erle Ellis Professor Nicole Boivin, Director of the Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science ...
Who is selling and trafficking Africa’s wild meat?
Study looks at different types of traffickers and sellers in citiesCredit: Michelle Wieland/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (April 19, 2021) ...
Northern Red Sea corals live close to the threshold of resistance to cold temperatures
Though these corals can tolerate very high temperatures, a new study reveals that even a slight cold spell can cause ...
What does the study of domesticated birds tell us about the evolution of human language?
Looking for keys of the human language evolution in bird singingCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Language is one of the most ...
Corals go hungry long before they bleach
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith The results of coral beaching are obvious -- stark underwater forests of white coral ...
UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna
Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer ...
Where’s my horse-sized rabbit?
Kyoto University examines the lack of size diversity in rabbits and haresCredit: Adrienne Stroup (https://adriennestroup.wordpress.com/) Japan -- Next to cat ...
As plant/animal diversity wanes, is microbial life changing too? A perilously ‘profound Ignorance’
The unknown direction and pace of change in microbial -- including viral -- biodiversity may have deep consequences for all ...
Common plants and pollinators act as anchors for ecosystems
Credit: Julian Resasco The next time you go for a hike, take an extra moment to appreciate the seemingly ordinary ...
New amphibious centipede species discovered in Okinawa and Taiwan
Godly proportions for rare jade Scolopendra named after local gods, one of the largest arthropods in JapanCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
A new guide for communicating plant science
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A lot is riding on the continued advancement of plant sciences. ...
Scientists call for climate projections as part of more robust biodiversity conservation
Research in the Peruvian Andes highlights critical climate threats to montane forests and urges for current conservation plans to take ...
Alpine plants are losing their white “protective coat”
Credit: Photo: Lawrence Blem Snow cover in the Alps has been melting almost three days earlier per decade since the ...
