Ecosystem News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Deep-Sea World Beyond Sunlight: Explorers Census 17,650 Ocean Species on Edge of Black Abyss
• Time of Day Matters to Thirsty Trees
• Intensive Land Management Leaves Europe Without Carbon Sinks

Posted November 20, 2009:

• After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape
• Scientists Argue for a New Type of Climate Target

Posted November 19, 2009:

• The Benefits of Stress ... in Plants

Posted November 18, 2009:

• Research Challenges for Understanding Landscape Changes Identified

Posted November 17, 2009:

• Bacterial 'Ropes' Tie Down Shifting Southwest

Posted November 16, 2009:

• New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
• Potential Ecological Costs and Co-Benefits of REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation)
• Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas

Posted November 13, 2009:

• Sponges Recycle Carbon To Give Life To Coral Reefs

Posted November 12, 2009:

• Earth's Early Ocean Cooled More Than A Billion Years Earlier Than Thought

Posted November 11, 2009:

• Controversial New Climate Change Data: Is Earth's Capacity to Absorb CO₂ Much Greater Than Expected?

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Antarctica Glacier Retreat Creates New Carbon Dioxide Store; Has Beneficial Impact on Climate Change
• California's Ancient Kelp Forest

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Ants Are Friendly To Some Trees, But Not Others
• Nitrogen Loss Threatens Desert Plant Life, Study Shows

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Can Biodiversity Persist In The Face Of Climate Change?

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Coral Reefs Inspire Rare Consensus Just Save Them

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Timber Harvest Impacts Amphibians Differently During Life Stages
• North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Deep-Sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change
• Wolves, Moose And Biodiversity: An Unexpected Connection
• Nasca People Of Ancient Peru: Forest Clearances Sealed Civilization's Downfall

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Data Point To Some Improvements In China's Environment
• Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu
• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat
• Fishery Impact Test Developed

Posted October 28, 2009:

• What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

Posted October 27, 2009:

• Arctic Lake Sediments Show Warming, Unique Ecological Changes In Recent Decades

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching
• Sage-Grouse Populations In US Intermountain West May Be Threatened By Energy Development, Study Predicts
• Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Among Healthiest Coral Reefs In Gulf Of Mexico
• Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems

Posted October 25, 2009:

• Arctic Sediments Show That 20th Century Warming Is Unlike Natural Variation

Posted October 24, 2009:

• Ethiopia's Climate 27 Million Years Ago Had Higher Rainfall, Warmer Soil

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Genome Of Microbe Silently Shaping Ecology Of Ocean Dead Zones Described

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Nitrogen Mysteries In Urban Grasslands

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Carbon-Offsetting And Conservation Can Both Be Winners In Rainforest
• Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions
• Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?
• Evolutionary Arms Race Between Bacteria And Their Viruses In Soil

Posted October 19, 2009:

• New Insights Into Marine Ecosystems And Fisheries Production

Posted October 17, 2009:

• Composted Dairy Manure In Foliage Plant Production

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Survey Data Supports Rapid Ice Loss: Largely Open Arctic Seas In Summer Within 10 Years

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Harvest And Save Water To Increase Crop Yields, Say Researchers

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