Ecology News

RSS

New Study Reveals that Plants' Size, Age Impact Productivity More Than Temperature

The size and age of plants has more of an impact on their productivity than temperature and precipitation, according to a landmark study by University of Arizona researchers.

21 Jul 2014

NASA Embarks on Coordinated Ship and Aircraft Observation Campaign to Study Marine Ecology, Carbon Cycle

NASA embarks this week on a coordinated ship and aircraft observation campaign off the Atlantic coast of the United States, an effort to advance space-based capabilities for monitoring microscopic plants that form the base of the marine food chain.

18 Jul 2014

UD, Mt. Cuba Center Partner to Assess Ecological Value of Native Plants

The University of Delaware and Mt. Cuba Center have entered into a new research collaboration to assess the ecological value of native plants, and determine if insects are more attracted to "store bought" native plants or plants that grow in the wild.

9 Jul 2014

EPFL Doctoral Student Studies the Role of Flow Fluctuations in Local Sediment Transport

Transported by water or wind, sediments have a significant impact on the environment, and we cannot really quantify the magnitude of these events. A doctoral student at EPFL has proposed a new mathematical approach to these random phenomena.

27 May 2014

UW-Madison Scientists Lead Large-Scale Ecological Investigations

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of pioneering ecologists who studied lakes, forests, wetlands and prairies, is playing a key role in the next wave of ecological research: large teams of scientists confronting the dilemma of a changing climate on a shrinking planet.

21 May 2014

Changing Cattle Farming Land to Forest May Have Environmental and Ecological Benefits

Changing cattle fields to forests is a cheap way of tackling climate change and saving species threatened with extinction, a new study has found.

29 Apr 2014

PG&E Credited with Helping the Industry Curb Methane Emissions by the White House

A new White House strategy paper on reducing emissions of methane—a powerful greenhouse gas—named Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as one of five natural gas utilities nationwide "collaborating to address key technical and regulatory factors affecting methane emission reduction opportunities from natural gas distribution systems."

From Pacific Gas and Electric Company 21 Apr 2014

Jared Cohon to Present on Shale Gas Policy and Practice on April 15

Jared Cohon, board chair for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development and president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, will share insight into incorporating diverse, impassioned opinions to frame effective policy in his talk, “Working Together on Shale Gas Policy and Practice,” Tuesday, April 15, at 4:30 p.m., in 155 Olin Hall.

10 Apr 2014

USGS Awards Grant to Fight Invasion of Zebra and Quagga Mussels

Foreign mussels hitchhiking to the Great Lakes in the ballast water tanks of international freighters are becoming one of the most vexing environmental problems facing the Great Lakes. A group of scientists from Wayne State University, in collaboration with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Environmental Protection Agency, are working together to battle this problem.

24 Mar 2014

GE Releases Report on Environmental Dredging Project on Upper Hudson River

General Electric Co. today issued a report on the environmental dredging project the Company is conducting on the Upper Hudson River in New York State.

28 Dec 2013