Tag: Ecology/Environment

Credit: CreativeCause.com.au TORONTO, ON - Ecologists studying the prevalence of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems around the world are concerned ...

Understanding the movement patterns of free-swimming marine snails

New research relates shell shapes and body geometries and sizes with swimming abilities and sinking behaviors, which impact vertical migration ...

Study: Europe’s old-growth forests at risk

Assessment of continent's primary forests shows many unprotected, logged, able to be restoredCredit: Hanns Kirchmeir Like its ancient cathedrals, Europe ...

Climate change threatens Komodo dragons

Credit: Achmad Ariefiandy, Komodo Survival Program. The world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could be driven to extinction by climate ...

Ocean acidification puts deep-sea coral reefs at risk of collapse

Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Deep-sea coral reefs face challenges as changes to ocean chemistry triggered by climate change ...

Discovery of microbes with mixed membranes sheds new light on early evolution of life

Credit: Marianne Baas Changing skins Cells are surrounded by a layer of membrane lipids that protect them from changes in ...

Research shows potential of gene editing in barley

Credit: Pixabay An international team of plant scientists have shown the potential to rapidly improve the quality of barley grain ...

0.5°C of additional warming has a huge effect on global aridity

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - In a new climate modeling study, researchers from ...

Secret of plant dietary fibre structure revealed

Credit: (c) Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, The University of Queensland The secret of how fibre shapes the structure of plant cell ...

Can pumping up cold water from deep within the ocean halt coral bleaching?

New research shows that pulses of cooler deep water reduced heat stress responses in coralsCredit: Yvonne Sawall The risk of ...

Biologists developing global citizen network to monitor insect abundance

A University of Arkansas scientist is part of an international team working to establish a network to track dragonflies and ...

Coconut rhinoceros beetle makes unexpected ‘host shift’ to Guam’s cycad trees

Invasive beetle could lead to local extinction of the region's only native gymnospermCredit: University of Guam Western Pacific Tropical Research ...

Climate crisis ages fish, amphibians and reptiles

Credit: Adeline Marcos Climatic conditions are changing at an unprecedented rate, affecting mainly fish, amphibians and reptiles, ectothermic animals that ...

FAU lands $11 million from US Office of Naval Research for oceanic bioluminescence