(PhysOrg.com) -- A large-scale UC Davis experiment with ants, lizards and seaweed on a dozen Caribbean islands shows that predicting the effects of environmental change on complex natural ecosystems requires a large laboratory.
Ecology
Jan 31, 2011
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In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind the images of balmy beaches and lush hotel grounds lies a crisis, the likes of which its residents have never experienced.
Environment
May 14, 2024
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A new set of reports from the Commonwealth Secretariat have highlighted the potential for a more sustainable future in the Caribbean.
Environment
Apr 13, 2023
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Researchers of Wageningen University & Research have identified a recent incursion of non-native iguanas on Saba, which form a major threat to the endemic melanistic iguana population. A promising study shows a new methodology ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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A giant blob of seaweed, spanning 5,000 miles and weighing an estimated 6.1 million tons, threatens to blanket Florida beaches and Caribbean islands with smelly piles of decaying brown goop.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2023
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You might think you have the measure of the rodent family. Perhaps just the word "rodent" conjures images of invasive rats, those urban denizens accused of spreading pathogens and parasites, chewing through wires and spoiling ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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If you look back at the history of Atlantic hurricanes since the late 1800s, it might seem hurricane frequency is on the rise.
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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Prior to the First World War, sprawling European empires collectively controlled roughly 80% of Earth's landmass. Following WWII, that percentage drastically shrank, as colonies and occupied territories successfully vied ...
Ecology
Jun 1, 2022
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It was about 8:30 a.m., local time, on August 14, 2021, when I felt the room starting to shake. I was lying in my bed on the top (21st) floor of a hotel in the Dominican Republic, to the eastern side of Haiti. The picture ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2021
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Cuba prepared to evacuate people along the island's southern region on Sunday amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could unleash heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people.
Environment
Jul 4, 2021
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