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Pinpointing How Nature's Benefits Link to Human Well-Being
May 22, 2013 — What people take from nature -- water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation -- are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they ... > full story -
Life Scientists Present New Insights on Climate Change and Species Interactions
May 22, 2013 — Life scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species in newly published research. This knowledge, they say, is critical to making accurate ... > full story -
Bee and Wild Flower Biodiversity Loss Slows
May 22, 2013 — Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers found evidence of dramatic reductions in the diversity of ... > full story -
Lost in Translocation? How Bird Song Could Help Save Species
May 21, 2013 — Translocation -- or moving animals to safer places -- is a vital tool for saving species from extinction. Many factors influence the success of these new populations, including habitat quality, ... > full story -
Climate Change and Wildfire
May 21, 2013 — Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing climate, over 100 percent in areas of ... > full story -
Amazon River Exhales Virtually All Carbon Taken Up by Rainforest
May 20, 2013 — Woody plant matter is almost completely digested by bacteria living in the Amazon River. This tough stuff plays a major part in fueling the river's breath. The finding has implications for global ... > full story -
Why We Need to Put the Fish Back Into Fisheries
May 19, 2013 — Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, ... > full story -
Frogs, Salamanders and Climate Change
May 18, 2013 — Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns can lead to declines in southeastern frog and salamander populations, but protecting ponds can improve their ... > full story -
Invasive Species: 'Away-Field Advantage' Weaker Than Ecologists Thought
May 17, 2013 — For decades, ecologists have assumed the worst invasive species—such as brown tree snakes and kudzu—have an “away-field advantage.” They succeed because they do better in ... > full story -
Climate Change May Have Little Impact on Tropical Lizards: Study Contradicts Predictions of Widespread Extinction
May 17, 2013 — Climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ... > full story
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