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Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecology. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2025

Engineers Design New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic Ice Melt

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Photo Credit:  Bernd Hildebrandt The rapid melting and thinning of the Arctic ice have sparked serious concerns in the scientific community....
Saturday, February 8, 2025

Women of Science: A Legacy of Achievement

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Future generations to pursue their passions and break down barriers in the pursuit of knowledge. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline stock im...
Friday, February 7, 2025

Native bee populations can bounce back after honey bees move out

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A native bee sits on a purple flower on the left, while a honey bee sits on a yellow flower on the right.  Photo Credit: © Margarita López-U...

Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging

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Photo Credit:  Chris LeBoutillier People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to ...

Air pollution impacts an aging society

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Age-related health impacts of PM2.5. Annual average AVSL (age-adjusted value of statistical life) and variation of premature deaths attribut...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Whale poop contains iron that may have helped fertilize past oceans

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A blue whale photographed in September 2010. Photo Credit: NOAA The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet. It consumes enormous qua...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles

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Adam Martiny (middle) participates in ocean shipboard sampling on board the ocean-going Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations ...

Scientists Discovered the Oldest Junipers in the Arctic

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Dendrochronologists determined the age of the trees by cross-dating. The photo shows a sample of juniper. Photo Credit: Rashit Khantemirov A...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Effects of Declining Diversity Documented in the World of Microbes

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Phytoplankton, seen here inside a flask in the Jackrel Lab, are proving to be a valuable system for studying host-associated microbiomes Pho...

Improved treatment timing reduces honey bee losses to Varroa mites

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Varroa destructor mite. Photo Credit: Fera Science Honey bee mortality can be significantly reduced by ensuring that treatments for the para...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

Carbon capture from constructed wetlands declines as they age

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Protecting wetland ecosystems is essential as they provide critical environmental benefits to our planet. Photo Credit:  Herbert Aust Constr...
Friday, January 31, 2025

New study could help tackle hidden hunger in Malawi

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Fields in Blantyre, Malawi Photo Credit: Dr Charlotte Hall Growing fruit trees on farms in rural Malawi could directly improve people’s diet...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Cold Waves in the Rainforest: What They Mean for Wild Animals

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Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be...

How rapid temperature changes influence biodiversity

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline stock image Biodiversity has changed faster in places where temperatures have also changed quickly. This ...

Conservation paradox: Invasive species are often threatened in their native range

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The wild rabbit is endangered in its native Europe. In other parts of the world, such as Australia, this species has been introduced and has...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Hidden ‘highways’ connect Brazil’s rainforests

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An Inga tree (I. affinis) growing alongside a river in the Cerrado savanna region of central Brazil. Photo Credit RT Pennington Forests flan...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic could disappear much sooner than previously thought

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Photo Credit:  Laura Paredis The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA) — a vital habitat for ice-dependent species — might disappear within a decad...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Scientists Have Given a Second Life to Paper Production Waste

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Lignosulphonate is a safe waste from pulp and paper industries. Photo Credit: Rodion Narudinov Ural Federal University specialists have deve...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Polygamy is (not) for the birds

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Rafael S. Marcondes, a faculty fellow in ecology and evolutionary biology at Rice Photo Credit: Alex Becker/Rice University Researchers at R...

Chornobyl Dogs’ Genetic Differences Not Due to Mutation

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Photo Credit: Norman Kleiman Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl...