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Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows
As the climate gets warmer,
arid soils lose nitrogen as
gas, reports a new study.
That could lead to deserts
with even less plant life
than they sustain today, say
... > full story
Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?
Predictions made over the
last decade about the
impacts of climate change on
biodiversity may be
exaggerated, according to a
paper published in the
... > full story
DNA 'Barcode' For Tropical Trees
In foods, soil samples or
customs checks, plant
fragments sometimes need to
be quickly identified. The
use of DNA "barcodes" to
itemize plant biodiversity
was proposed during the 1992
... > full story
Airborne Nitrogen Shifts Aquatic Nutrient Limitation In Pristine Lakes
The impact of airborne
nitrogen released from the
burning of fossil fuels and
wide-spread use of
fertilizers in agriculture
... > full story
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Paleoecologists Offer New Insight Into How Climate Change Will Affect Organisms
November 5, 2009 — New research examines some of the potential problems with current prediction methods and calls for the use of a range of approaches when predicting the impact of climate change on organisms. The ... > full story -
Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus -- Just Save Them
November 5, 2009 — One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use ... > full story -
Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
November 4, 2009 — Researchers found that removing all of the trees from a section of the forest had a negative effect on amphibians during their later life cycles, but had some positive effects during amphibians' ... > full story -
Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
November 4, 2009 — Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind ... > full story -
North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm
November 4, 2009 — About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing ... > full story -
Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
November 3, 2009 — Deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming, warn ... > full story -
Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection
November 3, 2009 — Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity? A large and unexpected one, say wildlife ... > full story -
Nasca People Of Ancient Peru: Forest Clearances Sealed Civilization's Downfall
November 3, 2009 — An ancient South American civilisation which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it in place, a study has found. ... > full story -
Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
November 2, 2009 — A recent assessment finds some positive trends among indicators of biodiversity loss in China -- notably, growth in forest coverage and improvements in marine ecosystems. However, other indicators, ... > full story -
Are US And European Plovers Really Birds Of A Feather?
November 2, 2009 — The Kentish-Snowy Plover, a small shorebird found in the US and Europe, is 'suffering' from an identity crisis after scientists found genetic evidence that the populations are, in fact, separate ... > full story
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