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Climate Change Forces Fish Stocks to Shift from Their Historical Habitat Range

Climate change will force 45 per cent of the fish stocks that cross through two or more exclusive economic zones to shift significantly from their historical habitats and migration paths by 2100, a challenge that may lead to international conflict, according to a new UBC study.

19 Jan 2022

Scientists Investigate Peat Mosses' Responses to the Increase in Atmospheric CO2

Scientists at Umeå University, Sweden, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have developed ways to decipher effects of the CO2 rise during the past 100 years on metabolic fluxes of the key plant species in peatlands, mosses.

17 Jan 2022

The Importance of Conserving Biodiversity

Researchers in Ireland and Japan have highlighted the importance of preserving biodiversity in the wake of a globally warming climate.

13 Jan 2022

Seagrass Habitats More Diverse and Expansive than Expected; Survey Reveals 13 January 2022

Vital seagrass habitat is more widespread and diverse than previously thought, according to new research that is surveying the habitats across Marra and Yanyuwa sea country.

13 Jan 2022

Study Uncovers the Different Effects of Ocean Acidification on Phytoplankton's Energy Stores

Ocean acidification-;which is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean-;is a significant threat to the structure and function of marine life. In a study published in the New Phytologist, investigators have uncovered the different effects that ocean acidification has on the energy stores of phytoplankton (single-celled plants that are critical to the aquatic food chain) called diatoms.

7 Jan 2022

Study Demonstrates the Important Contribution of Secondary Forests to Land-Based Carbon Sequestration

The Government of Panama and other tropical countries supported resolutions passed during the recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which highlighted the critical importance of curtailing deforestation and restoring tropical ecosystems.

4 Jan 2022

Experts Analyze Long-Term Relationships Between Animals and their Response to Changes in the Environments

Jenny McGuire plans to use the late Cenozoic fossil record in Africa -; a span of 7.5 million years -; to study the long-term relationships between animals, their traits, and how they respond to changes in their environments. The goal is to use the data to forecast future changes and help inform conservation biology decisions for the continent.

28 Dec 2021

Distribution of Plant Traits Determined by Climate and Soil Properties

An international research team succeeded in identifying global factors that explain the diversity of form and function in plants. Led by the University of Zurich, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena and the University of Leipzig, the researchers collected and analyzed plant data from around the world.

24 Dec 2021

Scientists Show How Arctic Seabirds Connect the World

As the Arctic and the oceans warm due to climate change, understanding how a rapidly changing environment may affect birds making annual journeys between the Arctic and the high seas is vital to international conservation efforts.

22 Dec 2021

Research Explores Factors that Accelerate Mass Extinction in the Fossil Record

The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all species disappearing over its course

22 Dec 2021