(Phys.org)—New research by Colorado State University finds that the removal of wolves from Yellowstone National Park caused complex changes in ecological processes that cannot be simply reversed by wolf reintroduction alone. ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2013
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Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living in Yellowstone National Park's thermal features that sheds light on the origin of life, the evolution of archaeal life and the importance of ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2018
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Montana State University's College of Agriculture and College of Letters and Science recently published research casting new light on a previously unknown element of the carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 2, 2021
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Since the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the park's ecosystem has become a deeply complex and heterogeneous system, aided by a strategy of minimal human intervention. The new study is a synthesis ...
Ecology
Oct 16, 2018
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University of Utah seismologists discovered and made images of a reservoir of hot, partly molten rock 12 to 28 miles beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it is 4.4 times larger than the shallower, long-known magma chamber.
Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2015
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A Colorado State University experiment spanning more than two decades has found that removal of apex predators from an ecosystem can create lasting changes that are not reversed after they return—at least, not for a very ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2024
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A new mathematical model allows researchers to better understand and plan the designs for infrastructure to account for human factors in systems ranging from small-scale agriculture to urban infrastructure.
Mathematics
Oct 21, 2015
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It's an environmental success story that feels like a parable—the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s triggered a cascade of effects that ultimately restored the ecosystem, including the ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2021
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Photographers, poachers and eco-tour operators are in the crosshairs of a Canadian conservationist who warns that tracking tags are being hacked and misused to harass and hunt endangered animals.
Ecology
Feb 25, 2017
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey has found that a large amount of ancient helium is constantly being released in Yellowstone National Park—the result, they suggest in their paper published ...
