Ecosystems News
December 28, 2024
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Dec. 23, 2024 — Climate change impacts not only life on land but also the largely unexplored deep-sea ecosystem, home to unique and largely unexplored fauna. Deep-sea animals, which have adapted to stable and ...
Dec. 20, 2024 — Despite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth's most prolific pollinators -- and new research suggests they are increasingly at risk due to rising ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — California's native wildflowers are being smothered by layers of dead, invasive grasses. A new study shows that simply raking these layers can boost biodiversity and reduce fire ...
Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef from 2016 to 2020. Results show that substantial losses could occur if the ...
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Dec. 19, 2024 — Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Which microbes thrive below us in darkness -- in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor -- and how do they compare to the ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Researchers recently discovered that a virus, FloV-SA2, encodes one of the proteins needed to make ribosomes, the central engines in all cells that translate genetic information into proteins, the ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — Andean bears carefully select the best foraging locations and plants to maximize nutrition and avoid livestock, according to a new ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — The phytoplankton that populate oceans are known to play a key role in marine ecosystems and climate regulation. Like terrestrial plants, they store ...
Dec. 17, 2024 — New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar ...
Dec. 16, 2024 — New research shows that many wildlife species in the U.S., like the endangered giant kangaroo rat, will face much more frequent and severe droughts ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. ...
Dec. 13, 2024 — A new database of African hippo populations has revealed huge gaps in our knowledge of where the megaherbivores live and thrive, with populations fragmented and reliant on protected ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Climate and land use change have and will continue to alter streamflow regimes and water quality through the 21st century, with consequences for drinking water treatment costs, flood protection, and ...
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Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have found evidence that living in areas prone to wildfire smoke may negatively impact an individual's life ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers are linking human activity to increased gene transfer from soil bacteria to ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and 2022 finds ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Plastic pollution is a growing problem in Japan, prompting cleanup efforts to recover plastic litter from water bodies. However, research on recovery rates from different river basins remains ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Leading ecologists have devised a new framework to classify how biodiversity credit operators define what a unit of nature is. The new analysis demonstrates the challenges involved with devising a ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Harbor seals in icy regions use icebergs shed by glaciers as safe platforms to give birth, care for young and molt. New research finds that as glaciers change with the climate, the resulting changes ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Fast-growing and small-seeded tree species are dominating Brazilian forests in regions with high levels of deforestation and degradation, a new study shows. This has potential implications for the ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Fences are an effective stationary method of corralling livestock, but their sharp borders can create sudden changes in native grassland vegetation and the pollinators and birds that live there. ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — Characterized by darkness and intense pressure, the ocean's hadal zone seems uninhabitable, yet dozens of unique organisms call it home. Each species discovered there adds a crucial piece to the ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — Researchers show that the all-time record low in winter sea ice extent in 2023 can be explained by warm Southern Ocean conditions and patterns in the winds that circled Antarctica months earlier, ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — To mitigate climate change, human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced as quickly and drastically as possible. Additionally, some of the CO2 already emitted needs to be safely removed ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Mangroves have been shown to provide $855 billion in flood protection services worldwide, according to a new ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Many high-mountain rivers in Asia transport more sediment downstream compared to a few years ago. Changes in sediment levels have a particularly strong impact on agriculture, water quality, flood ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery. The find also stresses the diverse ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — New findings have revealed that changes in ocean density have a significant impact on the rate at which marine plankton incorporate carbon into their shells. This has profound implications for carbon ...
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- As Wildfires Intensify, Prolonged Exposure to Pollution Linked to Premature Death
- How the Dirt Under Our Feet Could Affect Human Health
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Researchers Reveal Key Factors Behind Japan's Plastic Waste Removal Rates in Rivers
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Seals Strategically Scoot Around the Seas on Icebergs
- AI Predicts That Most of the World Will See Temperatures Rise to 3°C Much Faster Than Previously Expected
- Human Disruption Is Driving 'winner' And 'loser' Tree Species Shifts Across Brazilian Forests
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Biodiversity at Risk in Most Rainforests
- Virtual Fences Are a Pollinator-Friendly Option for Ranchlands
- New Ocean Predator Discovered in the Atacama Trench
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can Be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
- How Do Marine Food Webs Respond to Increasing Alkalinity?
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- The Amazon Rainforest as a Cloud Machine: How Thunderstorms and Plant Transpiration Produce Condensation Nuclei
- After Decades of Plantation Agriculture, Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests
- Lifesaver for Wild Bees: The Importance of Quarries
- Swelling Streams -- Climate Change Causes More Sediment in High-Mountain Rivers
- Insects Wearing Two Hats Solve Botanical Mystery
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ocean Density Identified as a Key Driver of Carbon Capture by Marine Plankton
- Can Plastic-Eating Bugs Help With Our Microplastic Problem?
- Ecosystems: New Study Questions Common Assumption About Biodiversity
- Countdown to an Ice-Free Arctic: New Research Warns of Accelerated Timelines
- Microfiber Plastics Appear to Tumble, Roll and Move Slowly in the Environment
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Climate Change Could Bring More Severe Bacterial Infections, Including in Corals
- Warming Temperatures May Shrink Wetland Carbon Sinks
Friday, November 29, 2024
- Satellite Evidence Bolsters Case That Climate Change Caused Mass Elephant Die-Off
- Strategies for Safe and Equitable Access to Water: A Catalyst for Global Peace and Security
- The Melting of Greenland: A Climate Challenge With Major Implications for the 21st Century
Thursday, November 28, 2024
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Fewer Than 7% of Global Hotspots for Whale-Ship Collisions Have Protection Measures in Place
- Environmental Impacts of Plastics: Moving Beyond the Perspective on Waste
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Research Highlights the Pressures Human Activities Place on Tropical Marine Ecosystems
- Mixed Forests Reduce the Risk of Forest Damage in a Warmer Climate
- Researchers Catalog the Microbiome of US Rivers
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Vultures and Artificial Intelligence(s) as Death Detectors: High-Tech Approach for Wildlife Research and Conservation
- Climate Change Threatens Rare Temperate Rainforests
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Some Trees Can Acclimate to Changing Temperatures
- Modeling and Analysis Reveals Technological, Environmental Challenges to Increasing Water Recovery from Desalination
- New Model Can Help Understand Coexistence in Nature
- Keeping the Lights on and the Pantry Stocked: Ensuring Water for Energy and Food Production
- Tree Islands Restore Nature in Oil Palm Plantations
- New Research Explores Volcanic Caves, Advancing the Search for Life on Mars
Friday, November 15, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Diverse and Diverging Demands on Forests in Germany
- Frog Populations Once Decimated by Disease Mount a Major Comeback
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Climate Change Threatens Key Ocean Plankton Groups
- Pioneering Research Shows Sea Life Will Struggle to Survive Future Global Warming
- More Evidence That Europe's Ancient Landscapes Were Open Woodlands: Oak, Hazel and Yew Were Abundant
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Facing the Wind: How Trees Behave Across Various Forest Settings and Weather Events
- Sleep Is No Light Matter for Bees
- 'Drowning' Mangrove Forests in Maldives Signal Global Coastal Threat
- First Amber Find on the Antarctic Continent
- Novel Machine Learning Techniques Measure Ocean Oxygen Loss More Accurately
Monday, November 11, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Nanoparticle Bursts Over the Amazon Rainforest
- Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study
Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Monday, November 4, 2024
- Satellite Imagery May Help Protect Coastal Forests from Climate Change
- Small Reductions to Meat Production in Wealthier Countries May Help Fight Climate Change, New Analysis Concludes
- Reconstructing Ancient Climate Provides Clues to Climate Change
- Domino Effect in the Amazon Region
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Scientists Examine How Wastewater Practices in Florida Keys Impact Water Quality
- Microplastics Increasing in Freshwater, Directly Related to Plastic Production
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Remote Control Eddies: Upwelled Nutrients Boost Productivity Around Hawaiian Islands
- Global Ocean Oscillations and Climate Change Affect Weather Patterns in the Serengeti
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
- New Genetic Web Tool to Help Restore Climate-Resilient Marine Ecosystems
- Droughts' Impact on Pasturelands Is Measured in Order to Guide Extensive Livestock Management on Spain's Dehesas
- Reversing Environmental Decline: Lessons from African Communities
Monday, October 28, 2024
- Companies and Investors Can Now Get Smarter When It Comes to Nature
- Climate, Dead Zones and Fish: Solving a 'wicked Problem' In Lake Erie and Beyond
- Invasive Plants Drive Homogenization of Soil Microbial Communities Across U.S.
Friday, October 25, 2024
- Slowing Ocean Current Could Ease Arctic Warming -- A Little
- A Natural Climate Change Laboratory in Japan Reveals the Adaptation Dynamics of Fishers
- Sliver of Cool Surface Water Helps the Ocean Absorb More Carbon
- Climate Scientist Identifying Water Requirements for Climate Mitigation Through Ecosystem Restoration
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Evaluating the Link Between Chemicals and Declining Insect Populations
- Marri Trees a Lifeline for Many Native Bee Species in Biodiversity Hotspot
- New Mapping Techniques Empower Bird Conservation in Colombia
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
- Rapidly Increasing Industrial Activities in Arctic
- Plant CO2 Uptake Rises by Nearly One Third in New Global Estimates
- Combining Satellite Methods Provides Drought Detection from Space
Friday, October 18, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Fires Increase by 60 Percent
- New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging
- Soil's Secret Language: Researchers Decode Plant-to-Fungi Communication
- Concerning Levels of PFAS in Fish Miles Away from Large Contamination Source
- Aquaculture Uses Far More Wild Fish Than Previously Estimated, Study Finds