Bee it known: Biodiversity is critical to ecosystems
Rutgers University has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered.
Rutgers University has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2022
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A new study analyzes human impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in 72 lakes distributed across four large neotropical wetlands of Brazil—Amazon, Araguaia, Pantanal and Paraná. The research spans a 3.7million ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2022
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Microorganisms, plants, and animals accomplish great feats every day. For example, by decomposing material, producing plant biomass, or pollinating flowers, they keep nature 'up and running," thereby securing the livelihood ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2021
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In a longitudinal study, an international research team led by Leipzig University has investigated the consequences of changes in plant biodiversity for the functioning of ecosystems. The scientists found that the relationships ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2020
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As thousands of wildfires and deforestation escalate in the Amazon rainforest, a team of international scientists has called for governments to enact six key goals to protect the vital wilderness.
Environment
Nov 20, 2019
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Small animals at the base of the freshwater food chain can rapidly adapt to salt pollution—from sources like winter road deicing, agriculture, and mining—but at a price. In a special December edition of Philosophical ...
Ecology
Dec 3, 2018
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Scientists in Canada, the United States and Europe are looking to rewrite the textbook on microbial ecology, advocating a new approach to studying the most abundant form of life on Earth.
Ecology
Apr 16, 2018
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The larger an area, the more species of wild bees are needed to pollinate crops, a Rutgers University study shows.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2018
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Brazil could conserve its valuable Atlantic Forest by investing just 0.01 per cent of its annual GDP, according to a new study.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2014
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Raising fish in tanks that contain hiding places and other obstacles can make the fish both smarter and improve their chances of survival when they are released into the wild, according to an international team of researchers.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2013
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