Most of the native habitat in California's San Joaquin Desert has been converted to row crops and orchards, leaving 35 threatened or endangered species confined to isolated patches of habitat. A significant portion of that ...
Ecology
Jan 15, 2019
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Reef fisheries can continue to provide food and income despite corals being lost to climate change, according to new research conducted in the Seychelles.
Ecology
Nov 29, 2018
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In a surprise ecological finding, researchers discover medium-sized carnivores spend the most time looking for food, making them vulnerable to change.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2017
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Nature itself can be the best defense against climate change for many species—at least in the short term—according to a study published in the journal Ecology Letters from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Nov 22, 2017
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Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands because of rising sea levels and a warmer, wetter climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2017
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Researchers have long assumed that habitat fragmentation contributes to extinction risk for animals, but until now, they have not been able to measure it for a major group of animals on a global scale. In a first-of-its-kind ...
Ecology
Jul 3, 2017
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Habitat degradation poses a greater risk to the survival of turtles and tortoises than rising global temperatures, according to new research.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2016
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Detailed maps of the world's natural landscapes could help scientists to better predict the impacts of future climate change.
Environment
Feb 2, 2016
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With mounting vigor for combating global climate change, increasing the use of renewable energy resources such as solar, without compromising natural habitats, is a challenge to the traditional model of utility-scale solar ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2015
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Widespread drought-sensitive butterfly population extinctions could occur in the UK as early as 2050 according to a new study published today in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.
Environment
Aug 10, 2015
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