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Biodiversity Helps Protect Nature Against Human Impacts
February 6, 2013 — New research suggests farmers and resource managers should not rely on seemingly stable but vulnerable single-crop monocultures. Instead they should encourage more kinds of plants in fields and woods ... > full story -
Lungs of the Planet Reveal Their True Sensitivity to Global Warming
February 6, 2013 — The amount of carbon dioxide that rainforests absorb, or produce, varies hugely with year-to-year variations in the climate. Climate scientists have shown that these variations reveal how vulnerable ... > full story -
Polar Bear Researchers Urge Governments to Act Now and Save the Species
February 4, 2013 — Polar bear researchers are urging governments to start planning for rapid Arctic ecosystem change to deal with a climate change catastrophe for the ... > full story -
Some Plants Are Altruistic, Too, New Study Suggests
February 1, 2013 — We've all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a new study suggests some plants are ... > full story -
Coral-Killing Starfish Decimate Entire Coral Reefs, Reason for Spread Unclear
February 1, 2013 — Acanthaster planci is the principle natural enemy of reef-building corals. Outbreaks of this coral-feeding starfish occur periodically, due to reasons that remain unclear. It decimates entire reefs ... > full story -
Amazon Freshwater Ecosystems Are Vulnerable to Degradation
February 1, 2013 — Broadening of forest-centric focus to river catchment-based conservation framework is required: A new study found that freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon are highly vulnerable to environmental ... > full story -
Invasion of Feral Cats Could See the End of a Seabird Endemic to the Mediterranean
February 1, 2013 — The population of Yelkouan Shearwater of the French island of Le Levant is seriously under threat due to the invasion of feral cats, according to a French and Spanish joint study. The archipelago is ... > full story -
How Do Corals Survive in the Hottest Reefs on the Planet?
February 1, 2013 — Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during ... > full story -
How Plant Communities Endure Stress
January 30, 2013 — The Stress Gradient Hypothesis holds that as stress increases in an ecosystem, mutually supportive interactions become more significant and negative interactions, such as competition, become less so. ... > full story -
Deforestation Triggers Carbon Collapse of Tropical Peatlands
January 30, 2013 — Deforested tropical peatlands are haemorrhaging carbon from deep within their peat soils, with consequences for the release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to new ... > full story
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