Climate Change Produces More Pollen – Driving Longer, More Intense Allergy Seasons
Rising temperatures, increased CO2 will drive trees, grasses, weeds to produce more pollen. Allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as…
Ecology News
Agricultural Research Shows Global Cropland Could Almost Be Cut in Half
In the context of trade-offs between land use and biodiversity, LMU geographers have simulated land saving potentials for agriculture. With rising global demand for agricultural…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Harmless Dyes Shed Light on Coastal Water Flows
Unmanned aerial vehicles show promise for monitoring coastal water flows over large areas. Runoff in coastal waters is linked to pollution and degradation of coral…
What Do Grasshoppers Eat? Startling Similarities Discovered Between the Mouths of Grasshoppers and Mammal Teeth
What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before. New research led by paleobiologists at…
Scientists Warn of Imminent “Anthropulse” As COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Ease
A leading ecologist from the University of St Andrews calls for coordinated action to investigate the environmental impacts of humanity’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic….
California Fire Led To Spike in Fecal Bacteria in Coastal Waters
Scientists analyzed coastal water quality in the months following a major Southern California wildfire. Their results were eye-opening. The November 2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern…
Endangered Shark Species Secretly Added to Pet Food – Identified by DNA Barcoding
Pet owners may unknowingly be feeding their pets with meat from endangered shark species, shows a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science. The…
New Global Atlas: Bathed in a Sea of Artificial Light
A new global atlas extends measurements of nighttime lights to the sea, revealing marine ecosystems affected by light pollution. Ecologists and biologists have long recognized…
Hunting Can Be Good for Wildlife Populations – If Managed Correctly
Hunting or other wildlife regulations can make a population more viable – if done correctly. This may sound counterintuitive, but reducing the number of animals…
Student’s Invention Enables Researchers To Easily Track Elusive Insects
With some home security software and a little ingenuity, researchers have developed an inexpensive device that will allow them to study the behavior and activity…
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Will Have Complex Effects on Infectious Disease Transmission
Temperature variation affects pathogens and their hosts in distinct ways, and these organisms are influenced by the type of variation and the average background temperature…
Earth’s Coldest Forests Are Shifting Northward With Climate Change – Biodiversity and Wildfire Risks
New research from Northern Arizona University shows rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about biodiversity, an increased risk of…
Experts Warn: Number of Wildfires To Rise by 50% by 2100 and Governments Are Not Prepared
The report, Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, finds an elevated risk even for the Arctic and other regions previously unaffected…
Safi Organics: A Life-Changing Fertilizer for Rural Farmers in Kenya
MIT spinout Safi Organics uses farmers’ crop residue to make an organic fertilizer that can increase yields and improve soil health. Most commercial fertilizer travels…
Stanford Researchers Identify Dangerous “Double-Hazard” Zones for Wildfire in the West
Communities within the West’s wildland-urban interface are booming in the very places where ecosystems are most sensitive to drought, posing increasing wildfire risks in an…
Will an Imperiled Butterfly Survive Climate Change? It Depends on Shifting Rainfall Patterns
When we think of climate change, we often imagine how a warmer world will impact species, but a new study highlights the importance of changes…
Wildlife Crisis: Decline of Vultures and Rise of Dogs Carries Serious Disease Risks
In the yards behind the slaughterhouses—also called abattoirs—of Ethiopia, an ecological shift is unfolding that has echoes of similar crises all over the world. Species…
Earth May Have 9,000 Tree Species That Haven’t Been Discovered Yet
Our planet might be hosting approximately 9,000 tree species yet to be discovered. A third of these are rare species with a population that is…
