Search results for aquatic ecology

Environment Aug 6, 2025

Warming the atmosphere: Clear waters found to emit more methane than turbid waters

While it was already known that Brussels ponds were sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, a scientific study by researchers from the University of Liège (ULiège) and the Free University of Brussels reveals that clear ...

Environment Aug 6, 2025

Study analyzes nicotine concentrations in Berlin's waters

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have analyzed various bodies of water in Berlin for traces of nicotine. They detected nicotine in all of the samples, with concentrations ...

Ecology Aug 5, 2025

Unexpected survival strategies of plankton in alpine lakes have global relevance

Alpine lakes are among the most harsh aquatic environments on Earth. Located at high elevation, they are exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation (UVR), wide temperature and light fluctuations, and low nutrient availability. ...

Ecology Aug 4, 2025

Discovery of sea star wasting disease cause sheds light on kelp forest collapse and recovery

In Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveal the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars—representing ...

Ecology Aug 4, 2025

Road pollution 'stressing' ocean life with complex chemical cocktails, new study finds

Chemicals released from car tires as they wear down are washing into rivers, estuaries and the sea and they could be disrupting life at the base of the marine food web, according to a new study.

Environment Jul 31, 2025

Car tires are polluting the environment and killing salmon. A global plastics treaty could help

In the 1990s, scientists restoring streams around Seattle, Wash., noticed that returning coho salmon were dying after rainstorms. The effects were immediate: the fish swam in circles, gasping at the surface, then died in ...

Other Jul 30, 2025

Myth versus memory—Nessie spotters are not influenced by media depictions

New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that those who claim to see the Loch Ness Monster are not influenced by traditional depictions of what she looks like.

Ecology Jul 28, 2025

Dam removal restores aquatic ecosystem within three years

The ecology of an upstate New York stream rebounded to its natural state within three years after a small dam was removed, highlighting how quickly aquatic ecosystems can recover, according to a new study.

Plants & Animals Jul 17, 2025

Deer can spread parasites that harm Adirondack moose

Wildlife managers have speculated on why New York's moose populations have failed to grow beyond 600 to 800 individuals, while moose numbers in other states are much higher. Now, a new study published in June in Ecology Letters ...

Plants & Animals Jul 15, 2025

Jaguar population increases after wildfire and drought, indicating area's role as climate refuge

Following a large-scale wildfire, more jaguars migrated to a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world, a new study found.

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