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Climate and Land Use Changes Threaten Bumblebee Populations

Bumblebees largely contribute to the pollination of crops. However, they are threatened by land use changes due to climate change.

19 Aug 2021

Urbanization is Causing Mammals to Grow Bigger and Longer, Study Shows

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.

17 Aug 2021

Duckweed may Help Scientists to Discover New Strategies for Growing Sustainable Crops

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, is an excellent laboratory model for scientists to discover new strategies for growing hardier and more sustainable crops in an age of climate change and global population boom, a Rutgers-led study finds.

17 Aug 2021

Climate Change Linked to Changes in Growth Patterns of Marine Belemnites

Geologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg joined forces with researchers from France, Berlin, and Portugal to investigate the extent to which the growth of belemnites and changes to their appearance depend on ecological reactions and whether these changes are evidence of environmental crises that could have a serious impact on the climate in future.

13 Aug 2021

Study Outlines Effect of Overfishing on Marine Protected Areas Around the World

Recent research by Tel Aviv University discloses major ecological damage to various marine protected areas (MPAs) across the globe.

3 Aug 2021

Riverrecycle Partners with Clean Planet Energy in Southeast Asia to Turn Thousands of Tonnes of Waste-Plastics from the Environment into Ultra-Clean Energy

Riverrecycle and Clean Planet Energy have today announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement in a bid to support global efforts of removing non-recyclable plastics from rivers and the environment in Southeast Asia, and then re-purposing the waste as new ultra-clean fuels.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Jul 2021

Researchers Report a New Way to Keep Tabs on the Vulnerability of Tropical Forests

Humid tropical forests, vital in global efforts to limit rising temperatures, are under threat as a result of changes in land use and climate.

26 Jul 2021

Planting Seeds for Revival of Vital Drylands

Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live there, experts warn in a major new paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

23 Jul 2021

Sinking Organic Carbon Loading Forever Alter Seafloor Records

The remains of microscopic plankton blooms in near-shore ocean environments slowly sink to the seafloor, setting off processes that forever alter an important record of Earth's history, according to research from geoscientists, including David Fike at Washington University in St. Louis.

21 Jul 2021

Experts Call for New Commitments, Actions to Protect and Restore Coral Reefs

An international group of researchers representing thousands of coral scientists across the globe is calling for new commitments and actions by the world's policymakers to protect and restore coral reefs.

21 Jul 2021