Oct. 5, 2020 — Researchers have established the world's largest collection of moss species for the peat industry and ...
Oct. 1, 2020 — The number of alien (non-native) species is expected to increase globally by 36% by the middle of this century, compared to 2005, finds new ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Researchers have tackled a problem that has challenged scientists for more than a decade. The findings from which may have important implications for understanding and predicting the ecological ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Climate warming will alter marine community compositions as species are expected to shift poleward, significantly impacting the Arctic marine ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Scientists have challenged a popular theory behind the evolution of similar traits in island ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — Feeding rates of blue mussels slow down under ocean acidification conditions, and the cause may be the slowing beat of gill cilia, similar to a known response in human lung ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — No-take fishing zones on their own act as valuable sources of fish for neighboring reefs. These areas support more fish, which then produce even greater numbers of baby fish. But, just how many ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Surviving on a warming planet can be a matter of timing -- but simply shifting lifecycle stages to match the tempo of climate change has hidden dangers for some animals, according to new research. ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — After calculating how much carbon had been lost through deforestation, scientists have discovered that, in more than 30 years, the regrowth of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon has offset ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — As the globe warms, the atmosphere is becoming more unstable, but the oceans are becoming more stable, according to an international team of climate scientists, who say that the increase in stability ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Researchers found that a range of factors affected the fidelity and parenting behavior of plovers, rather than being defined by the ...
Sep. 28, 2020 — Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea angels, were found to be surprisingly resilient -- having survived dramatic global climate change and Earth's most recent ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution in the region and beyond are far worse than previously ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — Heatwaves in the world's oceans have become over 20 times more frequent due to human influence. This is what researchers are now able to demonstrate. Marine heatwaves destroy ecosystems and ...
Sep. 25, 2020 — Biologists compared museum collections of cichlid fishes collected before a dam was closed in 1984 on the Tocantins River in the Amazon and contemporary specimens taken from the Tucuruí Reservoir by ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Tropical islands have an important ally when it comes to battling storms and sea-level rise: seagrass. During hurricane Irma (2017), scientists witnessed how native seagrass meadows along the coast ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species that rely most on finding a suitably shady ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — New research found that while the increased wildfire activity is causing widespread changes in the structure and composition of these mid-to-high elevation forests, the new landscapes are also likely ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — New research has found approximately a quarter of carnivorous plant species across the world may be at risk of extinction due to global climate change, illegal poaching, and the clearing of land for ...
Sep. 23, 2020 — Please do not disturb: After forest fires, bark beetle infestations and other damage, the affected forests should not be ...
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