Ecosystems News
May 16, 2024
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May 15, 2024 — Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Thanks to recent advances in genomic ...
May 15, 2024 — Spending time in nature is good for us. And knowing more about nature's effects on our bodies could not only help our well-being, but could also improve how we care for land, preserve ecosystems and design cities, homes and parks. Many studies have ...
May 14, 2024 — Grassland provides many services for humans, animals and nature, such as feed production, carbon storage and recreation. Researchers spent two years investigating permanent grassland, its utilization, soils and plant communities in order to quantify ...
May 14, 2024 — Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health. A new study finds broader surveillance and modeling of these changes could inform strategies for protecting lives, property and natural ...
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May 14, 2024 — A special review examines highly-cited papers in statistical ecology. The review, which covers a century of research, details how models and concepts have evolved alongside increasing computational ...
May 13, 2024 — The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands than on larger, less remote places. The team had expected to find that forested areas had more ...
May 10, 2024 — Researchers have taken a key step toward closing the silver nanoparticles knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface ...
May 9, 2024 — Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean ...
May 9, 2024 — An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of management ...
May 9, 2024 — After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 9, 2024 — New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid ...
May 8, 2024 — Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, ...
May 8, 2024 — New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil ...
May 8, 2024 — Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience. Scientists ...
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May 8, 2024 — Freshwater bacteria with small genomes frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation. Based on genomic analyses of samples from European lakes, researchers uncovered specific ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten ...
May 2, 2024 — Scientists have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...
May 2, 2024 — Human activities account for 20% to more than 60% of toxic thallium entering the Baltic Sea over the past eight decades, according to new research. Currently, the amount of thallium, which is ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — The link between massive flood basalt volcanism and the end-Triassic (201 million years ago) mass-extinction is commonly accepted. However, exactly how volcanism led to the collapse of ecosystems and ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — A team of researchers has investigated the motivation and potential incentives for and challenges of low-intensity grazing among farmers and land users in ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists have now investigated which ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. Projections show climate change could become the main ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Oil is an important natural resource for many industries, but it can lead to serious environmental damage when accidentally spilled. While large oil spills are highly publicized, every year there are ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — In the boreal forest of Western Canada, researchers have considered that both changing climate and increased habitat alteration have enabled deer to push farther ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have published a comprehensive study on the invasion of lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea, highlighting a rapid spread and the potential ecological impacts. The research shows the ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers found that forests with higher trait diversity not only adapt better to climate change but may also thrive. The study unveiled how tree functional trait diversity plays a pivotal role in ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study sheds light on how parasites, often overlooked, can dramatically affect the balance between predator and prey populations. Researchers developed a groundbreaking mathematical framework ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Warming temperatures are causing a steady rise in copper, zinc and sulfate in the waters of Colorado mountain streams affected by acid rock drainage. Concentrations of these metals have roughly ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Researchers use laser treatments to transform ordinary cork into a powerful tool for treating oil spills. They tested variations of a fast-pulsing laser treatment, closely examining the nanoscopic ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder and fried clam strips, has returned to Virginia waters in a big way, reversing a die-off that ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
- Low-Intensity Grazing Is Locally Better for Biodiversity but Challenging for Land Users, a New Study Shows
Monday, April 29, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Deer Are Expanding North, and That's Not Good for Caribou
- Unveiling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Diversity and Productivity Go Branch-in-Branch
- How Parasites Shape Complex Food Webs
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Lemur's Lament: When One Vulnerable Species Stalks Another
- Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear -- And Rebound
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Mapped: 33 New Big Game Migrations Across American West
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- New Approach Needed to Save Australia's Non-Perennial Rivers
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- 'Teacher Toads' Can Save Native Animals from Toxic Cane Toads
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
- Humans Converted at Least 250,000 Acres of Estuaries to Cities, Farms in Last 35 Years
- A Natural Touch for Coastal Defense
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Deep Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'insulated' From Global Warming -- For Now
- Boreal Forest and Tundra Regions Worst Hit Over Next 500 Years of Climate Change, Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Ocean Floor a 'reservoir' Of Plastic Pollution
- What Four Decades of Canned Salmon Reveal About Marine Food Webs
- 'Diverse' Agriculture Benefits People and the Environment at the Same Time
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- New Method Reveals Hidden Activity of Life Below Ground
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- For Mining in Arid Regions to Be Responsible, We Must Change How We Think About Water
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater's Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Scientists' Urgent Call: End Destruction and Forge a Just, Sustainable Future
- Older Trees Help to Protect an Endangered Species
Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Manganese Plays a Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration
- New Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Quality Can Identify Sources of Pollution, and Predict Their Effects
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- Climate Change Will See Australia's Soil Emit CO2 and Add to Global Warming
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- Global Study of Coastal Seas as Carbon Dioxide Reservoirs
- Unintended Consequences of Fire Suppression
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
- Monitoring and Measuring Biodiversity Require More Than Just Numbers; Scientists Advocate for Change
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- There Are Large Accumulations of Plastics in the Ocean, Even Outside So-Called Garbage Patch
- Fairy Circles: Plant Water Stress Causes Namibia's Gaps in Grass
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Artificial Streams Reveal How Drought Shapes California's Alpine Ecosystems
- Virtual Reality Better Than Video for Evoking Fear, Spurring Climate Action
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Microbes Impact Coral Bleaching Susceptibility
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Herbivores, Displaced by Ocean Warming, Threaten Subtropical Seagrass Meadows
- New Deep-Sea Worm Discovered at Methane Seep Off Costa Rica
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- After Decades of Arctic Sea Ice Getting Faster and More Hazardous for Transport, Models Suggest a Dramatic Reversal Is Coming
- Arctic Could Become 'ice-Free' Within a Decade
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Less Ice in the Arctic Ocean Has Complex Effects on Marine Ecosystems and Ocean Productivity
- Antarctica's Coasts Are Becoming Less Icy
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Researchers Use GPS-Tracked Icebergs in Novel Study to Improve Climate Models
- Glacier Shrinkage Is Causing a 'green Transition'
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Climate Change Disrupts Seasonal Flow of Rivers
- Measuring Electrical Conductivity in Microorganisms, Approaching Understanding of Microbial Ecosystems
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Study Reveals Accelerated Soil Priming Under Climate Warming
- Study Finds Drought Fuels Invasive Species After Wildfires
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Scientists Assemble a Richer Picture of the Plight and Resilience of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog
- Reforestation Schemes Are Not Enough to Recover the Carbon Created by Harvesting Wood
- Robots, Monitoring and Healthy Ecosystems Could Halve Pesticide Use Without Hurting Productivity