Thousands of seabirds that wash up on Atlantic coasts every year could have been starved to death by cyclones that whip up "washing machine" waves, a new study says, with experts warning the phenomenon could worsen with climate ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2021
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The tall and attractive stranger has showy plumes and can make itself at home at the coast, in the city or even in your garden.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2021
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Safe passages for species adapting to climate change aren't always being protected, a new study by the University of Liverpool warns.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2021
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A new study provides insight into where chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) avoided climate instability during glacial and interglacial periods in Africa over the past 120,000 years. Using bioclimatic variables and other data, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2021
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Converting vacant urban lots into greenspaces can reduce blight and improve neighborhoods, and new research shows that certain types of such post-industrial reclamation efforts offer the added bonus of benefiting bees.
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2021
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The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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Climate change will drastically reduce the range of African great apes over the next 30 years. This was predicted by an international team of researchers with the participation of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
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Table corals have been dubbed as "extraordinary ecosystem engineers"—with new research showing these unique corals can regenerate coral reef habitats on the Great Barrier Reef faster than any other coral type.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2021
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In 2015, nearly half of Hawaii's coral reefs were affected by the most severe bleaching event to date. Coral bleaching occurs when warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures prompt corals to expel the algae that normally live ...
Ecology
May 28, 2021
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A new study shows that the current rate of biodiversity decline in freshwater ecosystems outcompetes that at the end-Cretaceous extinction that killed the dinosaurs: damage now being done in decades to centuries may take ...
Evolution
May 21, 2021
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