The Isle of May, off Scotland's east coast, is home to one of the UK's biggest colonies of seabirds. Some 200,000 birds, from kittiwakes to guillemots can flock to the rocky outcrop at the height of the breeding season.
Ecology
May 29, 2022
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Migration in the United States has been on a downward trend since the 1960s, according to new research from Rice University.
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2022
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Fresh water is the most important ecosystem service for human society. Its spatial flows establish the linkage between freshwater sources and human demands, and affect interregional water security. This is called "freshwater ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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Water and nutrients play important roles in the survival and growth of plants in arid and nutrient-poor desert ecosystems. Phreatophytes have a strong competitive advantage in arid desert ecosystems because their roots can ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2021
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The silicate carbon weathering sink (SCS) is the net carbon sink that affects the global carbon cycle over a period of millions of years or more. However, the magnitude, spatial pattern and evolution characteristics of global ...
Earth Sciences
May 14, 2021
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Sea ice in the Arctic was at record lows for October, as unusually warm waters slowed the recovery of the ice, Danish researchers said Wednesday.
Environment
Oct 28, 2020
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BATON ROUGE – Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the world's largest rainforest—the Amazon. Scientists at LSU have been conducting research within the pristine rainforest ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2020
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Arctic summer sea ice melted in 2020 to the second smallest size since records began 42 years ago, US scientists announced Monday, offering further stark evidence of the impact of global warming.
Environment
Sep 21, 2020
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The National Climate Center (NCC) of China has just completed a report in which it provides an authoritative assessment of China's climate in 2019 based on the NCC's operational system. More specifically, it gives a summary ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2020
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Australians are among the most mobile populations in the world. More than 40% of us change address every five years, about twice the global average. Yet the level of internal migration—moving within Australia—has gone ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2020
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