News tagged with journal bioscience

CU research shows warming climate threatens ecology at mountain research site west of Boulder

A series of papers published this month on ecological changes at 26 global research sites -- including one administered by the University of Colorado Boulder in the high mountains west of the city -- indicates ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 10

ASU scientists help uncover complex causes, consequences of changes in the environment

Long-term ecological findings reported today in a special section of the journal BioScience show as temperatures increase in snowy ecosystems, more water is lost to the atmosphere than first predicted. Also, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Impact of warming climate doesn't always translate to streamflow

An analysis of 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada found that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected in many locations, suggesting that some ecosystems may be resilient ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists forecast forest carbon loss

For more than 30 years, scientists at the Harvard Forest have scaled towers into the forest canopy and measured the trunks of trees to track how much carbon is stored or lost from the woods each year. This treasure trove ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Long-term research reveals causes and consequences of environmental change

As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say."The vulnerability o ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: Scientists now know why

Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Deepwater Horizon spill threatens more species than legally protected

Marine species facing threats from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico far exceed those under legal protection in the United States, a new paper in the journal BioScience finds. Univer ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Disappearing ducks?

The loss of wetlands in the prairie pothole region of central North America due to a warmer and drier climate will negatively affect millions of waterfowl that depend on the region for food, shelter and raising young, according ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse

The catastrophic decline around the world of "apex" predators such as wolves, cougars, lions or sharks has led to a huge increase in smaller "mesopredators" that are causing major economic and ecological disruptions, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0