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Shade Grown Coffee Shrinking as a Proportion of Global Coffee Production
Apr. 16, 2014 — Over the past couple of decades, global coffee production has been shifting towards a more intensive, less environmentally friendly style, a new study has found. That's pretty surprising if you ... full story -
Moth Study Suggests Hidden Climate Change Impacts
Apr. 15, 2014 — A 32-year study of subarctic forest moths in Finnish Lapland suggests that scientists may be underestimating the impacts of climate change on animals and plants because much of the harm is hidden ... full story -
Dead Wood Alive With Management Information in Old-Growth Iranian Forest
Apr. 14, 2014 — Dead wood, such as old stumps and logs, is often overlooked when examining forest’s vitality; however, new research from old-growth forests in Iran point out the importance of this often-overlooked ... full story -
Beneficial Organisms React Differently to Parasite Drug
Apr. 14, 2014 — The substance ivermectin has been used for more than thirty years all over the world to combat parasites like roundworms, lice and mites in humans, livestock and pets. The active ingredient belongs ... full story -
Warming Climate Has Consequences for Michigan's Forests
Apr. 11, 2014 — The vulnerability of forest ecosystems within a 16.6-million-acre area in Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, about 70 percent of the state's forested land ... full story -
'Dinosaurs of the Turtle World' at Risk in Southeast U.S. Rivers
Apr. 10, 2014 — Conservation of coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico is vital to the survival of the alligator snapping turtle, including two recently discovered species, scientists say. A new study shows ... full story -
Reef Fish Arrived in Two Waves, Before and After Mass Extinction 66 Million Years Ago
Apr. 10, 2014 — The world's reefs are hotbeds of biological diversity, including over 4,500 species of fish. A new study shows that the ancestors of these fish colonized reefs in two distinct waves, before and ... full story -
Water Users Can Reduce Risk of Spreading Invasive Species
Apr. 9, 2014 — Foreign species that are devastating water ecosystems could be 'hitchhiking' around Britain on canoeists' and anglers' kit, according to a new study. Invaders like the killer ... full story -
Oyster Aquaculture Could Significantly Improve Potomac River Estuary Water Quality
Apr. 9, 2014 — Oyster aquaculture in the Potomac River estuary could result in significant improvements to water quality, according to a new study. All of the nitrogen currently polluting the Potomac River estuary ... full story -
Putting a Price on Ecological Restoration
Apr. 7, 2014 — Putting a price on clean water and soil fertility helps the UN set ecological restoration targets for degraded and deforested land. Forests provide essential ecosystem services for people, including ... full story -
Arid Areas Absorb Unexpected Amounts of Atmospheric Carbon
Apr. 6, 2014 — Researchers have found that arid areas, among the biggest ecosystems on the planet, take up an unexpectedly large amount of carbon as levels of carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere. The findings ... full story -
Tracking Sperm Whales' Ecology Through Stomach Contents
Apr. 4, 2014 — While studying pygmy and dwarf sperm whales, a researcher involved in a new project stated that "understanding what resources support populations of these incredibly rare animals is important to ... full story -
Extinctions Reduce Speciation
Apr. 4, 2014 — The same factors that increase the risk of species extinctions also reduce the chance that new species are formed. We often see alarming reports about the global biodiversity crisis through the ... full story -
Large-Scale Fences Can Cause Ecological Meltdown, Study Shows
Apr. 3, 2014 — Scientists have reviewed the ‘pros and cons’ of large scale fencing and argue that fencing should only be used as a last resort. Wildlife fences are constructed for a variety of reasons including ... full story -
Sage Grouse Losing Habitat to Fire as Endangered Species Decision Looms
Apr. 3, 2014 — Wildfire is the predominant cause of habitat loss in the Great Basin. Reseeding burned land to stabilize soils has not restored sagebrush habitat for the endangered greater sage grouse, according to ... full story -
Don't Move a Mussel (or a Clam, or a Snail)
Apr. 2, 2014 — Anyone that has spent time at a seaside pier has witnessed the destruction barnacles wreak on boat hulls. But biofouling animals are not limited to marine environments. A new paper estimates that the ... full story -
Moderate Resource Use, Reduced Economic Inequality Keys to Sustainability
Apr. 2, 2014 — A new analytical tool adds human factors to a widely-used biological model of how animal populations interact, suggesting that human societies can reach a steady state that is sustainable when they ... full story -
Not So Dirty: Methane Fuels Life in Pristine Chalk Rivers
Apr. 1, 2014 — Scientists have found that naturally high concentrations of the greenhouse gas methane contributes to energy production in chalk ... full story -
Amazon Studied to Predict Impact of Climate Change
Apr. 1, 2014 — Extreme weather events in the Amazon Basin are giving scientists an opportunity to predict the impacts of climate change and deforestation on ecological processes and ecosystem services of the Amazon ... full story -
Deforestation of Sandy Soils a Greater Climate Threat
Apr. 1, 2014 — A new study finds that tree removal has far greater consequences for climate change in some soils than in others, a finding that could provide key insights into which ecosystems should be managed ... full story
- Dead wood alive with management information in old-growth Iranian forest
- Beneficial organisms react differently to parasite drug
- 'Dinosaurs of the turtle world' at risk in Southeast U.S. rivers
- Reef fish arrived in two waves, before and after mass extinction 66 million years ago
- Water users can reduce risk of spreading invasive species
- Oyster aquaculture could significantly improve Potomac River estuary water quality
- Large-scale fences can cause ecological meltdown, study shows
- Sage grouse losing habitat to fire as endangered species decision looms
- Don't move a mussel (or a clam, or a snail)
- Moderate resource use, reduced economic inequality keys to sustainability
- Not so dirty: Methane fuels life in pristine chalk rivers
- Amazon studied to predict impact of climate change
- Deforestation of sandy soils a greater climate threat
- Dynamics behind Arctic ecosystems revealed
- A more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, methane emissions will leap as Earth warms
- The first insects were not yet able to smell well: Odorant receptors evolved long after insects migrated from water to land
- Students on field course bag new spider species
- Agroforestry systems can repair degraded watersheds
- Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
- Excessive deer populations hurt native plant biodiversity
- Ants plant tomorrow's rainforest
- Ancient food webs developed modern structure soon after mass extinction
- Radiation damage at the root of Chernobyl's ecosystems
- True value of cover crops to farmers, environment
- Omnivorous species are more resistant to fire effects
- Fish species unique to Hawaii dominate deep coral reefs in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- Preserving large carnivores in ecosystem requires multifaceted approach
- Tropical grassy ecosystems under threat, scientists warn
- Dingo poisoning should be stopped to protect native Australian mammals
- New fossil find: Precursor of European rhinos found in Vietnam
- Land cover change over five years across North America revealed
- Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies
- Exotic plant species alter ecosystem productivity
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- A tale of two data sets: New DNA analysis strategy helps researchers cut through the dirt
- Serpentine ecosystems shed light on nature of plant adaptation, speciation
- Can the solution to climate change help eliminate poverty?
- Smoke in the water: Understanding effects of smoke compounds on seed germination
- Coral fish biodiversity loss: Humankind could be responsible
- Microbes on floating ocean plastics: Uncovering the secret world of the 'Plastisphere'
- Ecotourism reduces poverty near protected parks, research shows
- Marine algae can sense the rainbow
- As climate changes, Alaska fisheries may depend on winter survival of plankton, oceanographer suggests
- Genetic link between feeding behavior and animal dispersal
- Gauging what it takes to heal a disaster-ravaged forest: Case study in China
- Seed-filled buoys may help restore diverse sea meadows in San Francisco Bay
- Temperature and ecology: Rival Chilean barnacles keep competition cool
- Legal harvest of marine turtles tops 42,000 each year
- Crop species may be more vulnerable to climate change than we thought
- Forest model predicts canopy competition: Airborne lasers help researchers understand tree growth
- Cities support more native biodiversity than previously thought
- Meeting the eye-witnesses of ocean change
- Madagascar sells first forest carbon credits to Microsoft
- Link between zebra mussels, risk of algae blooms
- Poaching threatens savannah ecosystems
- Macro-portrait of future bird and wetland scenarios under climate change
- Urban bees using plastic to build hives
- High pollutant levels in Guanica Bay 'represent serious toxic threat' to corals
- Coffee growing: More biodiversity, better harvest
- Aquatic Insects: Tremendous potential for research on diversification
- Shadowing in Sensor Images: NASA study points to 'infrared-herring' in apparent Amazon green-up
- Fish biomass in the ocean may be 10 times higher than estimated: Stock of mesopelagic fish changes from 1,000 to 10,000 million tons
- Unique new dataset CLIMBER: Climatic niche characteristics of the butterflies in Europe
- A plant catalogued as extinct in Catalonia is rediscovered, Spanish researchers show
- A 'smoking gun' on Ice Age megafauna extinctions
- Water supply availability 'to dominate U.S. natural resource management'
- Research: It's more than just the science
- Herbicides may not be sole cause of declining plant diversity
- Organic farms support more species, researchers find
- New maps highlight habitat corridors in the tropics
- Fiery-red coral species discovered in the Peruvian Pacific
- Macrosystems ecology: New scientific field looks at the big picture
- Communities prepared to be resettled for sake of conserving tigers
- Are invasive plants a problem in Europe? Controversial views among invasion biologists
- To calculate long-term conservation pay off, factor in people
- Nine steps to save waterways and fisheries identified by researchers
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