(Phys.org)—Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have sequenced the genetic code of a birch tree for the first time, which could help protect British birch populations.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Seven beetle species new to science have been discovered by a young University of Alberta researcher just starting out in her career.

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Oct 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

Northern Alberta's boreal forest shows a surprising resiliency to human intrusion, but University of Alberta researchers warn the landscape has a definite breaking point.

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Oct 16, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The word rainforest usually conjures up visions of brightly coloured birds and hyperactive monkeys swooping through a thick green canopy of leaves, vines and flowers. But rainforests are also found closer ...

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Jul 18, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists from Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science, the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 08, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

In 2007 the largest recorded tundra fire in the circumpolar arctic released approximately as much carbon into the atmosphere as the tundra has stored in the previous 50 years, say scientists in the July 28 ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 27, 2011 4.7 / 5 (12) 3 |

Until now, scientists were uncertain about how much and where in the world terrestrial carbon is being stored. In the July 14 issue of Science Express, scientists report that, between 1990 and 2007, the world's forests stored ...

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Jul 18, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Genetic analysis at the state museum confirms what biologists squishing through Adirondack bogs already knew: New York's population of the spruce grouse, a chicken-like bird of the boreal forest, is nearing extinction.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 04, 2011 4 / 5 (1) 0

(Edmonton) A University of Alberta researcher has co-written an extensive study of the caribou population in the Fort McMurray oilsands region that show the animals' survival isn't as threatened as was perceived in the past. ...

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Jun 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

With an increasingly warmer climate, there is a trend for springs to arrive earlier and summers to be hotter. Since spring and summer are the prime growing seasons for plants—when flowers bloom and trees ...

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May 16, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

A University of Alberta-led research team has determined that the mountain pine beetle has invaded jack pine forests in Alberta, opening up the possibility for an infestation that could stretch across the Prairies and keep ...

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Apr 04, 2011 not rated yet 0

the largest continuous expanse of forest in the world, found in the country's cold northern regions – is undergoing an accelerating large-scale shift in vegetation types as a result of globally and regionally warming ...

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Mar 28, 2011 3.3 / 5 (8) 0

Canada, which has the world's largest intact forest, must do more to protect the one-of-a kind natural treasure, which increasingly is under threat from large-scale industrial activity, a new report said Wednesday.

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Mar 16, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study released in the scientific journal Ecology Letters offers one of the first confirmations of a wholesale shift in the boreal forest ecosystem due to climate change.

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Mar 02, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 4

Rudolph, Donner, Blitzen and their caribou cousins might not be around much longer if global warming and industrial development in their boreal forest homes continues.

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Dec 14, 2010 not rated yet 1