What happens when six graduate students in different fields, who happen to be friends, put their heads together on an emerging issue in climate change?
Environment
Feb 21, 2018
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The textbook "monogamy hypothesis" argues that monogamy favors the evolution of cooperation by increasing sibling relatedness, since helpers are as related to the full siblings that they care for as they are to their own ...
Ecology
May 3, 2016
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Serena Hackerott is giving coral researchers a much-needed beacon of hope for the future of coral restoration and conservation.
Ecology
Aug 5, 2021
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While hiking through the Ozarks' characteristic oak and hickory forests as a teenager, ecologist Scott Woolbright discovered something decidedly uncharacteristic for the region: prickly pear cacti growing on an exposed, rocky ...
Ecology
Aug 12, 2014
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Scientists studying whether wildlife can adapt to climate change should focus on characteristics such as what they eat, how fast they breed and how well they survive in different habitats rather than simply on how far they ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2016
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As sea levels rise and adverse weather events become more common, vulnerable coastal communities are at increasing risk of devastation from storm surges and tsunamis. The death toll from tsunamis, at 260,000 during the past ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2019
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A new strategy to save the world's coral reefs proposes an "insurance policy" which focuses on the reefs most likely to survive global warming.
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2018
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An innovative horizon-scanning exercise, which has just delivered its latest report, highlights emerging topics of relevance to the world’s natural environment and the diversity of its species.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2012
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Scientists estimate that we are losing species at 1,000-times the natural background rate.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2015
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Worldwide demand for food from the tropics that meets higher environmental and social standards has risen sharply in recent years. Consumers often have to make ethically questionable decisions: products may be available to ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2020
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