A new study examining carbon exchange in the Amazon rainforest following extremely hot and dry spells reveals tropical ecosystems might be more sensitive to climate change than previously thought.
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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Tropical countries incur annual economic losses totalling US$1.7 trillion through destruction of ecosystem services.
Environment
Mar 23, 2016
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Over-hunting of large mammals in tropical forests could make climate change worse according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Environment
Jan 25, 2016
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The marine sponge Mycale acerata, common in Antarctic waters, can produce yolk of entirely lipid nature which could favour quick larval development and increase species survival possibilities in the cold waters of the Southern ...
Environment
Apr 7, 2015
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Contrary to the popular research-based assumption that the world's coral reefs are doomed, a new longitudinal study from UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) paints a brighter picture ...
Environment
Oct 1, 2014
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The value of the global environment to human well-being, health and livelihoods fell by around US$20 trillion (A$21.5 trillion) a year between 1997 and 2011 due to loss of wetlands, coral reefs and tropical forests, a new ...
Environment
May 29, 2014
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The University of Adelaide will help step up the fight against illegal logging with a new two-year, DNA-fingerprinting project in Indonesia. A US$518,833 grant for the project was announced by the International Tropical Timber ...
Environment
Mar 3, 2014
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A new publication from researchers at the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton highlights the importance of nutrients for coral reef survival.
Environment
Feb 27, 2014
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The tropical carbon cycle has become twice as sensitive to temperature variations over the past 50 years, new research has revealed.
Environment
Jan 26, 2014
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Teeming with millions of species, tropical coral reefs have been long thought to be the areas of greatest biodiversity for fishes and other marine life—and thus most deserving of resources for conservation.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
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