Search results for water conservation

Ecology May 13, 2026

Rising storm floods are washing away wader nests—artificial eggs and incubation should only be last resort

Storm-driven sea floods are becoming more frequent as the climate warms, increasingly destroying the nests of threatened wader birds along the Baltic Sea coast. Waders are currently beginning their breeding season.

Nanophysics May 13, 2026

Optical meta‑conveyors enable programmable nanomanipulation along arbitrary open paths

The task of gently transporting a microscopic particle from one point to another along a winding path, and then bringing it back using nothing more than a single, compact chip is a challenge we set out to address in our new ...

Earth Sciences May 13, 2026

Slower winds help grasslands enhance carbon gain while saving water, study finds

Grasslands, covering 40% of Earth's vegetated surface, play a crucial role in the global carbon balance but are increasingly threatened by climate-driven water scarcity. A new study published in Science Advances finds, however, ...

Plants & Animals May 13, 2026

Beluga calls deciphered to bolster conservation efforts

Alaska's Cook Inlet was home to nearly 1,300 beluga whales in the late 1970s, but today the population hovers around 300. Despite almost two decades of recovery work, the whales aren't bouncing back. The Cook Inlet belugas ...

Ecology May 13, 2026

A rare sanctuary in Congo looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat

Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so.

Environment May 12, 2026

Western Australia is edging toward desertification

Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth. Somehow, it feels like it's getting hotter and drier every day.

Environment May 12, 2026

Coral reefs around Hainan are collapsing faster under local damage and warming, but targeted action could reverse losses

A research team led by Hainan University, together with, among others, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), investigated a total of 102 reef sites in the waters ...

Plants & Animals May 12, 2026

Many of the Caribbean's most important reefs are going unprotected

Living by the sea in the tropics means being exposed to some of nature's most powerful forces. Hurricanes can bring storm surges, flooding and destructive waves that threaten homes, infrastructure and livelihoods.

Ecology May 12, 2026

Cold events rival heat waves in bleaching Indonesia's corals, analysis reveals

The Indonesian seas are a biodiversity hotspot, harboring the highest coral diversity in the tropics and home to an extraordinary variety of marine life. Yet these unique ecosystems have been under growing pressure for years, ...

Environment May 12, 2026

Support local people to protect world's nature, new report urges, as deadline for global conservation target looms

For better or worse, a huge number of people will be affected by efforts to achieve "30x30"—the internationally-agreed conservation goal to protect and conserve at least 30% of the world's land and seas by 2030. How many ...

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