Tag: Ecology/Environment

International team led by Göttingen University investigates effects on local water cycleCredit: Jennifer Merten, University of Göttingen While high greenhouse ...

Evidence of hibernation-like state in Antarctic animal

Researchers discover Fossil evidence of 'hibernation-like' state in tusks of 250-million-year-old Antarctic animalCredit: Crystal Shin Among the many winter survival ...

CSU’s Kyle Horton leads $1 million NSF project to study migratory birds and bats

Credit: Kyle Horton/Colorado State University A colony of more than one million Mexican free-tailed bats make their home under a ...

How sticklebacks dominate perch

Analysis reveals waves of stickleback domination along the Baltic coastCredit: Mårten Erlandsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences A research project ...

Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs

Credit: Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightning Strike Media Productions, Palau. Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ...

South African wildlife management/conservation models do not protect carnivores equally

UMass Amherst population ecologist contributed statistical expertise to wildlife studyCredit: Gonçalo Curveira-Santos AMHERST, Mass. - In results released this week, ...

A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance

Credit: Photo: Joakim Hansen/Azote Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea's coastal ...

Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal

Credit: Crystal Shin Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals -- especially those that live close to ...

Char application restores soil carbon and productivity

Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Kaiser. Intensively tilled soils have lost up to 50% of their original C with the ...

Researchers discover gene controlling nectar spur development

POPOVICH gene controlling development of nectar spur in AquilegiaCredit: Courtesy of Elena Kramer The evolution of novel features - traits ...

Native desert bighorn sheep in ecologically intact areas are less vulnerable to climate change

Credit: Tyler Creech CORVALLIS, Ore. - In the American Southwest, native desert bighorn sheep populations found in landscapes with minimal ...

UC creates living tribute to Ohio botanist

E. Lucy Braun was a pioneering scientist and conservationistCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative + Brand A University of Cincinnati biologist ...

Heavy metals make soil enzymes 3 times weaker, says a soil scientist from RUDN University

Credit: RUDN Heavy metals suppress enzyme activity in the soil by 3-3.5 times and have especially prominent effect on the ...

Changing ties that naturally bind

How are information, disease, and social evolution linked?Credit: Kyoto University/Andrew MacIntosh Changing ties that naturally bind How are information, disease, ...

NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit ...

Sandwich catalysts offer higher activity and durability

Credit: In Su Lee (POSTECH) Sandwich is the food concocted by the 18th-ceuntry nobles to play card games uninterrupted. Meat ...

New device can measure toxic lead within minutes

Researchers create portable lab-on-a-chip that could detect many contaminantsCredit: Azam Gholizadeh Rutgers researchers have created a miniature device for measuring ...

Getting to the root of the problem

Credit: James Burridge Roots play a vital role in crop plants. They take up water and nutrients for the plant ...

Coastal development, changing climate threaten sea turtle nesting habitat

August 25, 2020

Credit: Photo by Matthew Ware / Florida State University A research team led by Florida State University found that sea ...

Researchers show potential for subseasonal forecasts to predict dengue outbreaks