Conservationists fighting to save coastal coral reefs should think first about combatting local deforestation rather than attacking the wider peril of global warming, suggests an unusual study published on ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 04, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 3

(Phys.org) —A fresh look at the environmental impacts of dams on an ecologically diverse and partially protected river in China found that small dams can pose a greater threat to ecosystems and natural ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 29, 2013 4.6 / 5 (9) 1 |

A comprehensive five-year study by University of Calgary ecologists – which included monitoring the activity of wolves, elks, cattle and humans – indicates that two accepted principles of how ecosystems ...

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 4.1 / 5 (7) 3

Scientists have developed a new Red List system for identifying ecosystems at high risk of degradation, similar to the influential Red List for the world's threatened species.

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —That human land use destroys natural ecosystems is an oft-cited assumption in conservation, but ecologists have discovered that instead, traditional ranching techniques in the African savanna ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Australian citizens can become more involved in planning their cities with wildlife in mind thanks to a new tool developed by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED).

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Changes in Arctic vegetation due to climate change have probably been underestimated, according to a new computer analysis which shows that tree and shrub cover in the region will increase more ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 10, 2013 4 / 5 (17) 22 |

Rising temperatures will lead to a massive "greening" of the Arctic by mid-century, as a result of marked increases in plant cover, according to research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 31, 2013 3.6 / 5 (25) 131 |

The Orinoco River flows from the Andes in Colombia to the Atlantic in Venezuela. The area of the basin includes landscapes of the Andes, plains of the Llanos and the Guiana shield. Orinoco's tributary rivers form ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Marsh plants, far from being passive wallflowers, are "secret gardeners" that actively engineer their landscape to increase their species' odds of survival, says a team of scientists from Duke University ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(AP)—Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food sources of other fish and putting the nation's entire ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

The semi-aquatic earthworms in the genus Glyphidrilus are somewhat unfamiliar species that live between the terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems of rivers, streams, canals, ponds, swamps and paddy system ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Is it possible to put a price tag on the natural world? A researcher at The University of Nottingham has been examining the rise of a new concept—ecosystem services—to describe the multitude of resources supplied to us ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Forestry and nature conservation can benefit from promoting a diversity of tree species, new study finds.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists are reporting development of chemical modules that can reproduce, on an "unprecedented" molecular level, changes and interactions that occur in natural populations of plants and animals, including ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 09, 2013 3.8 / 5 (5) 0 |