Norwegian reindeer herds boosted by climate change
Researchers say climate change isn't threatening reindeer on the Norwegian high arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Ecology
Jul 16, 2014
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Moth lineage provides a key to species diversification
To many, moths are just the dull relatives of butterflies that often startle us in the dark. But for UH Mānoa Junior Researcher Dr. William Haines, former Junior Researcher Dr. Patrick Schmitz and Professor Daniel Rubinoff, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2014
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Christmas Day swimmer bitten by shark in New Caledonia
A 37-year-old man was badly bitten on the foot by a shark on Christmas Day in northern New Caledonia, police and firefighters said Thursday.
Ecology
Dec 26, 2013
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Human expansion is leaving the osprey of the Canaries cornered
A team of scientists from the GOHNIC Association in the Canary Islands has concluded in a study that human expansion could be one of the main causes of the precarious situation of ospreys in the archipelago, a species at ...
Ecology
Nov 21, 2013
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Newly discovered tiger shark migration pattern might explain attacks near Hawaii
The migration of mature female tiger sharks during late summer and fall to the main Hawaiian Islands, presumably to give birth, could provide insight into attacks in that area, according to a University of Florida scientist.
Ecology
Sep 5, 2013
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Submarine canyons a source of marine invertebrate diversity, abundance
Submarine canyons play an important role in maintaining high levels of biodiversity of small invertebrates in the seafloor sediments of the main and northwestern Hawaiian Islands, according to research from the University ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2013
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EU slaps trade sanctions against Faroes in herring spat
The European Commission adopted a package of trade sanctions against the Faroe Islands on Tuesday in a row over herring fisheries it says are being massively over-exploited.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2013
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Researchers find 400 year old Ice Age plants in Arctic able to grow anew as glaciers retreat
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from the University of Alberta led by, Catherine La Farge, has found that mosses and liverworts covered by ice over 400 years ago and now exposed due to glacial melting, are able to start ...
Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps (Update)
Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan's online maps.
Internet
May 23, 2013
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Sea level influenced tropical climate during the last ice age
Scientists look at past climates to learn about climate change and the ability to simulate it with computer models. One region that has received a great deal of attention is the Indo-Pacific warm pool, the vast pool of warm ...
Earth Sciences
May 19, 2013
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