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Amazon Deforestation 'Threshold' Causes Species Loss to Accelerate
Mar. 4, 2015 One of the first studies to map the impact of deforestation on biodiversity across entire regions of the Amazon has found a clear ‘threshold’ for forest cover below which species loss becomes ... full story -
Why Many Similar Species Coexist Within Complex Ecosystems, Such as Amazon Rainforest or Coral Reefs
Mar. 4, 2015 Scientists suggest one possible answer for the enigma of stability in complex ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs. Many similar species coexist in these complex ecosystems without ... full story -
Munching Bugs Thwart Eager Trees, Reducing the Carbon Sink
Mar. 2, 2015 Hungry, plant-eating insects may limit the ability of forests to take up elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, reducing their capacity to slow human-driven climate change, a new study ... full story -
Conservation Organizations Need to Keep Up With Nature, Experts Say
Mar. 2, 2015 In order to cope, conservation organizations need to adapt like the organisms they seek to protect, a new paper suggests, arguing that conservation organizations need to be bolder in their adaptation ... full story -
Modern Logging Techniques Benefit Rainforest Wildlife
Feb. 27, 2015 The value of a modern logging technique has been revealed for maintaining biodiversity in tropical forests that are used for timber production. The most comprehensive study of Reduced-Impact Logging ... full story -
Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea Seagull Populations Halved Since 1980s
Feb. 27, 2015 The number of seagulls in the Strait of Georgia is down by 50 per cent from the 1980s and researchers say the decline reflects changes in the availability of ... full story -
Embrace Unknowns, Opt for Flexibility in Environmental Policies, Experts Say
Feb. 26, 2015 We make hundreds, possibly thousands, of decisions each day without having full knowledge of what will happen next. Life is unpredictable, and we move forward the best we can despite not knowing ... full story -
'Ecosystem Services' Help Assess Ocean Energy Development
Feb. 26, 2015 Environmental scientists suggest that the way to fill vast gaps in knowledge about the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of ocean energy development is to consider how the benefits provided by ... full story -
'Blue-Green Algae' Proliferating in Lakes
Feb. 26, 2015 The organisms commonly known as blue-green algae have proliferated much more rapidly than other algae in lakes across North America and Europe over the past two centuries -- and in many cases the ... full story -
Suspended Soils Maintain Rainforest Ecosystems, Says Researcher
Feb. 26, 2015 The bird’s nest fern, a plant commonly found in many of our homes, has a critical place in maintaining the biodiversity and the ecosystems of the world’s rainforests, researchers ... full story -
Lake Tahoe Research Provides New Insights on Global Change
Feb. 26, 2015 A study on how natural and human-made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue ... full story -
Climate-Warmed Leaves Change Lake Ecosystems
Feb. 25, 2015 Rising soil temperatures significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web, appearance and biochemical makeup of the lakes and ponds those leaves fall into, a new study ... full story -
Crocodiles Rocked Pre-Amazonian Peru: Seven Crocodile Species Found in Single 13-Million-Year-Old Bone Bed
Feb. 24, 2015 Thirteen million years ago, as many as seven different species of crocodiles hunted in the swampy waters of what is now northeastern Peru, new research shows. This hyperdiverse assemblage, revealed ... full story -
Bacteria in Marine Sponges Harvest Phosphorus for Reef Community
Feb. 23, 2015 Significant accumulations of polyphosphate granules have been found in three common sponge species of the Caribbean coral reef, indicating that microorganisms that live on marine sponges are pulling ... full story -
La Niρa-Like Conditions Associated With 2,500-Year-Long Shutdown of Coral Reef Growth
Feb. 23, 2015 La Niρa-like conditions in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panamα were closely associated with an abrupt shutdown in coral reef growth that lasted 2,500 years, scientists have found. The study ... full story -
Caribbean Coral Findings May Influence Barrier Reef Studies
Feb. 20, 2015 Research indicating Caribbean corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed could impact future studies on Australia's Great Barrier ... full story -
Fearless Birds and Big City Spiders: Is Urbanization Pushing Earth's Evolution to a Tipping Point?
Feb. 18, 2015 That humans and our cities build affect the ecosystem and even drive some evolutionary change is already known. What's new is that these evolutionary changes are happening more quickly than ... full story -
Size Matters in the Battle to Adapt to Diverse Environments, Avoid Extinction
Feb. 18, 2015 By examining research on global patterns of amphibian diversification over hundreds of millions of years, researchers have discovered that 'sexually dimorphic' species -- those in which ... full story -
Humans Altering Adriatic Ecosystems More Than Nature, Study Shows
Feb. 17, 2015 The ecosystems of the Adriatic Sea have weathered natural climate shifts for 125,000 years, but humans could be rapidly altering this historically stable biodiversity hot spot, a new study ... full story -
Mapping Seascapes in the Deep Ocean
Feb. 17, 2015 A new, automated method for classifying hundreds of kilometres of the deep sea floor in a way that is more cost efficient, quicker and more objective than previously possible has been developed by ... full story
- Amazon deforestation 'threshold' causes species loss to accelerate
- Why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems, such as Amazon rainforest or coral reefs
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Conservation organizations need to keep up with nature, experts say
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea seagull populations halved since 1980s
- Embrace unknowns, opt for flexibility in environmental policies, experts say
- 'Ecosystem services' help assess ocean energy development
- 'Blue-green algae' proliferating in lakes
- Suspended soils maintain rainforest ecosystems, says researcher
- Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- La Niρa-like conditions associated with 2,500-year-long shutdown of coral reef growth
- Fearless birds and big city spiders: Is urbanization pushing Earth's evolution to a tipping point?
- Size matters in the battle to adapt to diverse environments, avoid extinction
- Humans altering Adriatic ecosystems more than nature, study shows
- Mapping seascapes in the deep ocean
- Cold-blooded animals grow bigger in the warm on land, but smaller in warm water
- Large scale study warns of unsustainable ecological decline in rural China
- Predicting plant responses to drought
- Coral reef symbiosis: Paying rent with sugar and fat
- Scientists identify the 13 most important research challenges to face global change in the Mediterranean region
- Loss of underwater posidonia meadows reduces CO2 storage areas and could contribute to gas emissions
- Scientists produce roadmap for using evolutionary research, education to guide conservation in Central Africa
- Online photos provide evidence for value of clean water
- Picking up on the smell of evolution: Researchers discover changes that let a species drastically change its lifestyle
- Our seas are in trouble: Extinction risk for 20-25% of well-known marine species
- Climate change redistributes fish species at high latitudes
- From tar sands to ring of fire: Forewarning changes to Canada's watersheds
- Study projects unprecedented loss of corals in Great Barrier Reef due to warming
- Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow
- Mountain system artificially inflates temperature increases at higher elevations
- Robot cameras monitor deep sea ecosystems
- Are human behaviors affecting bird communities in residential areas?
- Coral reefs threatened by a deadly combination of changing ocean conditions
- What are mechanisms of zooxanthella expulsion from coral?
- American cities are many times brighter at night than German counterparts
- Muddy forests, shorter winters present challenges for loggers
- Ecosystems need math not random nature to survive
- Seeing the forest for the trees: Youngest trees in a forest tell the biggest story
- Scientist examines ways to put stormwater to use in big cities
- Citizen scientists lead the way in exciting new research
- Re-discovered diaries shed new light on one of the world's most studied woods
- Researchers build searchable database of non-native plants
- 'Family' matters when predicting ecosystems' reaction to global change
- Unbelievable underworld and its impact on us all
- Microbial communities for health and environment: Precise measurements of microbial ecosystems
- CT scans of coral skeletons reveal ocean acidity increases reef erosion
- Biology trumps chemistry in open ocean: How phytoplankton assimilate limited concentrations of phosphorus
- New bird species confirmed 15 years after first observation
- Avoiding ecosystem collapse: Experts Weigh in
- Salamanders a more abundant food source in forest ecosystems than previously thought
- As elephants go, so go the trees
- Overhaul in tropical forest research needed
- Protecting forests alone would not halt land-use change emissions
- Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation
- Extinction risk not the answer for reef futures
- Fungus behind deadly disease in walnut trees mutates easily, complicating control
- Plants have little wiggle room to survive drought, life scientists report
- Peru: Towards better forecasting of fish resources
- Ant inhabitants of New York City: High diversity underfoot in urban environments
- Mapping reveals targets for preserving tropical carbon stocks
- Iron fertilization less efficient for deep-sea carbon dioxide storage than previously thought?
- 'Big data' takes root in world of plant research
- Woodland bat species sweats it out in the tropics
- Small New Zealand population initiated rapid forest transition c. 750 years ago: Drier forests lost within decades, instead of centuries as previously thought
- Coexist or perish, new wildfire analysis says: Changing wildfire paradigm from fighting to coexistence
- When less is more: Death in moderation boosts population density in nature
- Little evidence that conservation organizations respond to economic signals
- Lemurs: Gardeners of Madagascar rainforest at risk
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