Fossils give clues as to how turtles might respond to a warming planet
The distribution of ancient turtles from when the planet was warmer than today is helping scientists to anticipate how living turtles may respond to environmental change.
The distribution of ancient turtles from when the planet was warmer than today is helping scientists to anticipate how living turtles may respond to environmental change.
Ecology
Dec 22, 2022
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In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and the plans to mitigate climate change, researchers at the University of Massachusetts recently announced that ...
Ecology
Dec 7, 2022
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Over a half of all shorebird populations—sandpipers, plovers, avocets, oystercatchers, among others—are currently declining, according to scientific publications and reports of several Environmental NGOs, such as BirdLife ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2022
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A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring further environmental risks ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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In a new scientific review, a team of 70 scientists from 19 countries warned that if no steps are taken to shield insects from the consequences of climate change, it will "drastically reduce our ability to build a sustainable ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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The Paris Agreement says that we should reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to limit the rise in global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius. But do we have the measurement methods needed to achieve this? This is the question ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2022
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A new study led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona suggests that global change is promoting the short-term evolutionary adaptation of the Earth microbiome, which constitutes ~15% of the total planetary ...
Ecology
Oct 26, 2022
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Population aging and economic development setbacks may outpace the health benefits of less air pollution and slowed climate change, according to a Penn State-led researcher team examining air quality and the factors most ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2022
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Bacteria in surface-level soil affect the global carbon cycle. These microbes break down dead leaves and stems, pumping carbon into the atmosphere and the soil. However, microbes are sensitive to changes in their environment. ...
Ecology
Sep 20, 2022
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