Gold mining significantly limits the regrowth of Amazon forests, greatly reducing their ability to accumulate carbon, according to a new study. The researchers warn that the impacts of mining on tropical forests are long-lasting ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2020
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers in Britain have found that migrating pink-footed geese have altered the path they take when returning to the UK to winter after flying southeast from Iceland, due to the construction of a wind farm. ...
A study in which free-foraging bee colonies were placed in the field has shown that pesticide exposure can affect colony development.
Ecology
Oct 12, 2016
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Soils under Britain's allotments are significantly healthier than intensively farmed soils, researchers have found. This is the first study to show that by growing at small-scale in urban areas, it is possible to produce ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2014
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The use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires, especially in places facing land abandonment. They can replace much more costly solutions like firefighting or mechanical vegetation ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2021
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Bees are valuable to humans not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate wildflowers and food crops. They exclusively eat nectar and pollen. So in areas where intensive agriculture is practised, they ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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Planting a multi-species mixture of cover crops—rather than a cover crop monoculture—between cash crops, provides increased agroecosystem services, or multifunctionality, according to researchers in Penn State's College ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2016
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Pollinating insects could thrive if improvements are made to agri-environment schemes across Europe, according to a new collaborative study involving scientists from Trinity.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2020
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On average, organic farms support 34% more plant, insect and animal species than conventional farms, say Oxford University scientists.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2014
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Biological research has repeatedly demonstrated that the relationship between the producer and the consumer is governed by a scaling law. An international research team has now looked into whether this law of nature can be ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2021
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