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Diverse Ecosystems Are Crucial Climate Change Buffer
January 12, 2012 — Preserving diverse plant life will be crucial to buffer the negative effects of climate change and desertification in in the world's drylands, according to a new landmark ... > full storyMore: -
Evolution Is Written All Over Your Face
January 11, 2012 — Why are the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another? Biologists serving as "evolutionary detectives" studied the faces of 129 adult male primates from Central and South America, ... > full story -
Scientists Look to Microbes to Unlock Earth's Deep Secrets
January 10, 2012 — Of all the habitable parts of our planet, one ecosystem still remains largely unexplored and unknown to science: The igneous ocean crust. This rocky realm of hard volcanic lava exists beneath ocean ... > full story -
Lake Erie Algae and Ice Make a Nice Mix in Winter
January 10, 2012 — Scientists have studied Lake Erie over the past five winters during mid-winter, a time when the lake is more than 70 percent covered by ice. They've documented very high concentrations of algae ... > full story -
Better Way to Gauge Climate Costs of Land Use Changes
January 8, 2012 — Those making land use decisions to reduce the harmful effects of climate change have focused almost exclusively on greenhouse gases -- analyzing, for example, how much carbon dioxide is released when ... > full story -
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Another Outbreak of Coral Disease Hits the Reefs of Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu
January 6, 2012 — In March 2010 an outbreak of a disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) was discovered affecting coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Follow-up surveys found that the disease left trails of ... > full story -
Climate Change Models May Underestimate Extinctions: Animals and Plants Could Be on a Collision Course Created by Climate Change
January 3, 2012 — Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for ... > full story -
Reclaiming Land After a Forest Fire
December 22, 2011 — Researchers treated burnt soil with an organic polymer used in agriculture. Applying granules of the non-toxic polymer cut soil erosion by half in both laboratory and field ... > full story -
Belize Protected Area Boosting Predatory Fish Populations
December 21, 2011 — A 14-year study in an atoll reef lagoon in Glover's Reef, Belize has found that fishing closures there produce encouraging increases in populations of predatory fish species. However, such closures ... > full story -
An Ecosystem Being Transformed: Yellowstone 15 Years After the Return of Wolves
December 21, 2011 — On the 15th anniversary of the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, a quiet but profound rebirth of life and ecosystem health is emerging, scientists conclude in a new ... > full story
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