New Study: Half of Replanted Tropical Trees Don’t Survive
A new study has found that, on average, about half of the trees planted in tropical and sub-tropical forest restoration efforts do not survive for…
A new study has found that, on average, about half of the trees planted in tropical and sub-tropical forest restoration efforts do not survive for…
As global temperatures increase, blue lakes in North America and Europe are projected to become green-brown. According to recent research that provides the first global…
The new ecosystem is located in the depths of the Indian Ocean. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered…
The research will help improve biodiversity conservation. An international multidisciplinary team of scientists led by University of New South Wales researchers has created the world’s…
A new dataset provides an important glimpse into Arctic ecosystems. A major new project will help to monitor biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean and…
Pedigree provides insights for maximizing genetic diversity and adaptability in corals bred for conservation. Corals bred in public aquaria provide novel research opportunities and a…
Long believed to be extinct on the main island of Lord Howe Island, the wood-feeding cockroach was found at the foot of a single Banyan…
Climate-induced changes threaten the future of coastal ecosystems. It may come as no surprise to those who grew up watching Finding Nemo that the North…
It’s possible that methodological and data restrictions, rather than ecosystems’ fundamental stability, are to blame for the notion that chaos is uncommon in natural populations….
What Is Multi-Sector Dynamics Modeling? Earth systems models view the world as a complicated web of interactions between many different forces. For instance, natural water…
PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses The unsung hero of our lives is soil. It nourishes crops to give humans food, drains rainfall into aquifers,…
Sweet Spots in the Sea: Mountains of Sugar Under Seagrass Meadows Seagrass beds are underwater oases. Now scientists have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath…
Research from the University of Sheffield has revealed why some bird species take longer to develop than others Findings could help scientists predict how animals…
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have produced an unprecedented record of the biotic recovery of ocean ecosystems that followed…
When it comes to the impact of climate change on ecosystems, we still have large knowledge gaps. Most experiments are unrealistic because they do not…
They increasingly hunt in the waters off Cape Cod, and sometimes humans get in their way. Last summer, scientist Greg Skomal was one of them….
Using satellite observations of Antarctica to search for penguin guano (poo) may not sound like the most exciting research, but it’s providing scientists with unique…
It’s a puzzle that has confounded biologists for centuries: the earth’s tropical regions are home to an enormous variety of plant and animal species, but…