Geography

Credit: Simone Langhans The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in Australia, Africa, Asia or on the American continents - but in Europe. Twenty per cent of the EU's landmass and…
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New statistical model eliminates blank spacesCredit: Petr Keil and Jonathan Chase Leipzig, Halle. The biodiversity of our planet is one of our most precious resources. However, for most places in the world, we only have a tiny picture of…
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Forests need better management to maintain ecological integrity, Rutgers-led study saysCredit: Matthew Sileo Simply protecting small forests will not maintain the diversity of the birds they support over the long run, a Rutgers-led study…
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Traffic on the expanded Highway 175 from Quebec City to the Saguenay has been a cause of death for thousands of small and medium-sized mammalsCredit: Concordia University Most motorists pay little attention to the amount of roadkill they…
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Credit: Bureau of Land Management Under climate change, plants and animals will shift their habitats to track the conditions they are adapted for. As they do, the lands surrounding rivers and streams offer natural migration routes that…
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Credit: Robert Cooke A study led by researchers at the University of Southampton reveals huge variations in the similarity and breadth of animal roles in nature across different parts of the world. The research, in partnership with…
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Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study findsCredit: Data source: Xinyi Liu; Animation by Javier Ventura/Washington University in St. Louis. Since the beginning of archaeology, researchers have…
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Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown. While exploring the desert country in southern Africa,…
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Credit: University of Southampton A University of Southampton study suggests that the membrane of salmon eggs may evolve to cope with reduced oxygen levels in rivers, thereby helping their embryos to incubate successfully. The research,…
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Credit: Christopher Fielding Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of…
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Credit: Suparee Boonmanun A major study aims to improve understanding of the vulnerability of Thailand's shoreline and coastal communities to storms, floods and coastal erosion under future climate change scenarios. The Thai-coast…
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Russian scientists studied abandoned arable land in the European part of Russia where temperate forests grow. The study showed that trees start to grow on the abandoned fields immediately after the land has been withdrawn from…
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Most consumers' exposure to toxic methylmercury occurs when they eat fish. But research just published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology could help clarify why methylmercury concentrations in tuna vary…
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A first-ever University of Guelph study has uncovered precisely when and where tree swallows stop during flights, which could tell us more about migratory threatsCredit: University of Guelph Each year, migratory birds journey from their…
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