Tag: Ecology/Environment

Rice U. lab unveils catalyst that can break problematic C-F bondsCredit: H. Robatjazi/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 22, 2020) -- ...

Like oil and water

Pitt ChemE professor receives $110k ACS PRF grant for novel 3D-printed oil-water separating membrane for gas and petroleum industryCredit: University ...

Are protected areas effective at maintaining large carnivore populations?

Credit: Daniel Burgas-Riera A recent study, led by the University of Helsinki, used a novel combination of statistical methods and ...

300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path

Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a 'primitive' vertebrate, according to Penn paleontologists Lauren Sallan ...

Undergraduate student discovers 18 new species of aquatic beetle in South America

Credit: Andrew Smith LAWRENCE -- It would be striking for a seasoned entomologist with decades of fieldwork to discover such ...

Artificial night sky poses serious threat to coastal species

Credit: John Spicer, University of Plymouth The artificial lighting which lines the world's coastlines could be having a significant impact ...

Parallel evolution in three-spined sticklebacks

What happens in the Eastern Pacific, stays in the Eastern PacificCredit: Petri Kuokka A group of researchers from the University ...

Protecting natural forest in oil palm plantations crucial for conservation

Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new ...

A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together

Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use ...

Human activity on rivers outpaces, compounds effects of climate change

Credit: Photo courtesy Jim Best CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The livelihoods of millions of people living along the world's biggest river ...

Fungal pathogen disables plant defense mechanism

The white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies the mustard oil bomb in plants of the cabbage familyCredit: Anna Schroll Cabbage ...

Wind beneath their wings: Albatrosses fine-tuned to wind conditions

Credit: University of Liverpool A new study of albatrosses has found that wind plays a bigger role in their decision ...

New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group

Credit: Gabriella Rossetto-Harris, Penn State Newly unearthed, surprisingly well-preserved conifer fossils from Patagonia, Argentina, show that an endangered and celebrated ...

URI researcher: Antioxidant-rich diet reduces stress response during bird migration

Credit: Photo courtesy of Scott McWilliams KINGSTON, R.I. - June 18, 2020 - A research team led by a University ...

Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon, study shows

Credit: Ben Hur Marimon Junior Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the ...

RV Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe

New team continues fieldwork in the ArcticCredit: Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Lisa Grosfeld After a month's absence, on 17 ...

Five steps to stop the death of the most threatened birds of prey

Power lines: a threat to all birds worldwideCredit: Conservation Biology Group (University of Barcelona-IRBio) An article published in the journal ...

Wind farms on the Black Sea coast could endanger bat populations in Eastern Europe

June 17, 2020

Credit: Christian Voigt, IZW The Via Pontica, an important migration route for birds in Eastern Europe, runs along the Black ...

Healthy seas for the benefit of all

June 17, 2020

An international and interdisciplinary team led by the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, ...

Stocks of vulnerable carbon twice as high where permafrost subsidence is factored in