Ecosystems News
May 28, 2024
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May 28, 2024 — A team of scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms, clams and shrimps, across all the oceans of the ...
May 22, 2024 — A new study predicts future climate change impacts could disrupt the krill-heavy diet that humpback whales in the southern hemisphere ...
May 23, 2024 — Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global ...
May 20, 2024 — A new study shows that climate change has led to decreased pollen production from plants and less pollen diversity than previously thought, which could have a significant impact on food ...
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May 21, 2024 — The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are shaped by the surrounding landscape, in particular the extent and composition of the ...
May 22, 2024 — As much as 70 percent of California was covered by wildfire smoke during parts of 2020 and 2021, according to a new ...
May 21, 2024 — To achieve global biodiversity targets, conservationists and governments must prioritize the establishment and effective management of large, interconnected protected areas with high ecological ...
A Rise in Sea Urchins and Related Damage to Kelp Forests Impacts Oregon's Gray Whales and Their Food
May 21, 2024 — A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact on the gray ...
May 20, 2024 — Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new ...
May 20, 2024 — Groundbreaking research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and ...
May 20, 2024 — Scientists have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 were extremely unlikely to happen without the influence of climate change. This low was a one-in-a-2000-year ...
May 17, 2024 — The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to heatwaves much differently than to constantly elevated temperatures. This has been found by the first targeted ...
May 17, 2024 — A new commentary paper puts forth a transformative solution to the unsustainable reliance on fossil resources by the chemical industry: catalysis to ...
May 17, 2024 — Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a ...
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May 17, 2024 — The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek ...
May 16, 2024 — Sea otters are one of the few animals that use tools to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools -- most of whom are female -- are able to eat larger ...
May 15, 2024 — Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Thanks to recent advances in genomic ...
May 15, 2024 — Spending time in nature is good for us. And knowing more about nature's effects on our bodies could not only help our well-being, but could also improve how we care for land, preserve ecosystems ...
May 15, 2024 — A new article has found that climate change is the most prominent threat to pollinators -- such as bumblebees, wasps, and butterflies -- who are essential for biodiversity conservation, crop yields ...
May 15, 2024 — PES programs are currently structured in ways that could limit their participation or create incentives to drop out before the full environmental benefits are ...
May 14, 2024 — Grassland provides many services for humans, animals and nature, such as feed production, carbon storage and recreation. Researchers spent two years investigating permanent grassland, its ...
May 14, 2024 — Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health. A new study finds broader surveillance and modeling of these changes could inform ...
May 14, 2024 — A special review examines highly-cited papers in statistical ecology. The review, which covers a century of research, details how models and concepts have evolved alongside increasing computational ...
May 13, 2024 — The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands than on larger, less remote places. The team had expected to find that forested areas had more ...
May 10, 2024 — Researchers have taken a key step toward closing the silver nanoparticles knowledge gap with a study that indicates the particles' shape and surface chemistry play key roles in how they affect ...
May 9, 2024 — Despite its benefits and recognition as a keystone practice of ocean stewardship and conservation, adoption of ecosystem-based management has been slow to take hold. To support this change in ocean ...
May 9, 2024 — An international collaboration says the world's largest marine protected areas aren't collectively delivering the biodiversity benefits they could be because of slow implementation of ...
May 9, 2024 — New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid global calls for more trees to be planted as part of ...
May 9, 2024 — After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide ...
May 8, 2024 — New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil ...
May 8, 2024 — Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience. Scientists ...
May 8, 2024 — Scientists have confirmed the identity of an unusual, ancient and Endangered species of fish that is living in the coastal rivers of Queensland, about 1400 km north of where it was previously known ...
May 8, 2024 — Freshwater bacteria with small genomes frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation. Based on genomic analyses of samples from European lakes, researchers uncovered specific ...
May 3, 2024 — A new study shows stony coral tissue loss disease is causing drastic changes in the Caribbean's population of corals, which is sure to disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem and threaten ...
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health
- Scientists Want to Know How the Smells of Nature Benefit Our Health
- Climate Change Is Most Prominent Threat to Pollinators
- Penalties for Dropping out of Ecosystem Services Incentive Programs Should Equal Lost Environmental Benefits
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Mosaic Grassland Landscapes Are the Most Beneficial
- How Wildfires Change Soil Chemistry
- Century of Statistical Ecology Reviewed
Monday, May 13, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Transformation of Ocean Management Is Underway
- Ocean Biodiversity Work Needs Improvement
- Saturated Soils Could Impact Survival of Young Trees Planted to Address Climate Change
- Rapid Oyster Reef Restoration Gives Hope for Repairing the Sea
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Human Activity Is Making It Harder for Scientists to Interpret Oceans' Past
- Climate Resilience Strategies in Urban, Rural Areas
- Scientists Find Ancient, Endangered Lamprey Fish in Queensland, 1400 Km North of Its Previous Known Range
- Limited Adaptability Makes Freshwater Bacteria Vulnerable to Climate Change
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
- Low-Intensity Grazing Is Locally Better for Biodiversity but Challenging for Land Users, a New Study Shows
Monday, April 29, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Climate Change Could Become the Main Driver of Biodiversity Decline by Mid-Century
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Deer Are Expanding North, and That's Not Good for Caribou
- Unveiling the Lionfish Invasion in the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Diversity and Productivity Go Branch-in-Branch
- How Parasites Shape Complex Food Webs
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Warming Climate Is Putting More Metals Into Colorado's Mountain Streams
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Tropical Fish Are Invading Australian Ocean Water
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Lemur's Lament: When One Vulnerable Species Stalks Another
- Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear -- And Rebound
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
- Marine Microbial Populations: Potential Sensors of the Global Change in the Ocean
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- East Coast Mussel Shells Are Becoming More Porous in Warming Waters
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Tropical Coral-Infecting Parasites Discovered in Cold Marine Ecosystems
- Mapped: 33 New Big Game Migrations Across American West
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Ants in Colorado Are on the Move Due to Climate Change
- New Approach Needed to Save Australia's Non-Perennial Rivers
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- 'Teacher Toads' Can Save Native Animals from Toxic Cane Toads
- Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life Much Bigger Than Previously Known
- Humans Can Increase Biodiversity, Archaeological Study Shows
- Humans Converted at Least 250,000 Acres of Estuaries to Cities, Farms in Last 35 Years
- A Natural Touch for Coastal Defense
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Deep Parts of Great Barrier Reef 'insulated' From Global Warming -- For Now
- Boreal Forest and Tundra Regions Worst Hit Over Next 500 Years of Climate Change, Study Shows
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Ocean Floor a 'reservoir' Of Plastic Pollution
- What Four Decades of Canned Salmon Reveal About Marine Food Webs
- 'Diverse' Agriculture Benefits People and the Environment at the Same Time
- Shy Sea Anemones Are More Likely to Survive Heatwaves
- New Method Reveals Hidden Activity of Life Below Ground
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- For Mining in Arid Regions to Be Responsible, We Must Change How We Think About Water
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater's Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Scientists' Urgent Call: End Destruction and Forge a Just, Sustainable Future
- Older Trees Help to Protect an Endangered Species
Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Manganese Plays a Surprising Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration
- New Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Quality Can Identify Sources of Pollution, and Predict Their Effects
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- Climate Change Will See Australia's Soil Emit CO2 and Add to Global Warming
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- Global Study of Coastal Seas as Carbon Dioxide Reservoirs
- Unintended Consequences of Fire Suppression
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Species Diversity Promotes Ecosystem Stability
- Forest, Stream Habitats Keep Energy Exchanges in Balance, Global Team Finds
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change
- Monitoring and Measuring Biodiversity Require More Than Just Numbers; Scientists Advocate for Change
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- There Are Large Accumulations of Plastics in the Ocean, Even Outside So-Called Garbage Patch
- Fairy Circles: Plant Water Stress Causes Namibia's Gaps in Grass
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Artificial Streams Reveal How Drought Shapes California's Alpine Ecosystems
- Virtual Reality Better Than Video for Evoking Fear, Spurring Climate Action
Friday, March 15, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Marine Heat Waves Disrupt the Ocean Food Web in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe