Large forest fires occur with increasing frequency globally, and their consequences grow more severe and destructive. Climate change and human activity are influencing the capacity of ecosystems and the life forms that inhabit ...
Environment
Feb 20, 2019
0
10
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different ways, a new study has shown.
Environment
Feb 19, 2019
0
8
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different ways, a new study has shown.
Environment
Feb 19, 2019
0
11
Many countries have passed environmental laws to preserve natural ecosystems. Although the regulations seem to have improved preservation efforts, they may have had unintended consequences in energy production, leading to ...
Environment
Feb 4, 2019
0
9
Some ecologists believe that species richness is positively related to ecosystem productivity, while others conclude that the relationship is bell-shaped or they are unrelated. Using big data, Purdue University scientists ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2019
0
97
We are already seeing the devastating consequences of global warming, with ever-rising sea levels, extreme storms, prolonged droughts and intensified bushfires. Now, after two years of research and modelling, scientists have ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2019
4
1058
The ash dieback epidemic, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, has swept across Europe over the past 20 years and caused widespread damage and death in ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) populations. A recent analysis ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2018
0
7
Up to 15 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon is at risk of losing its legal protection, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2018
1
212
Climate change and those whose job it is to talk about current and future climate impacts are often classed as the "harbingers of doom". For the world's biodiversity, the predictions are grim - loss of species, loss of pollination, ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2018
1
15
Scientists have found that man-made structures in the North Sea could play a crucial role in holding coral populations together and increasing their resilience.
Environment
Nov 7, 2018
0
6
