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Safe Passages for Species Adapting to Climate Change are Under-Protected, Warns Study

Safe passages for species adapting to climate change aren't always being protected, a new study by the University of Liverpool warns.

26 Aug 2021

Urbanization Seriously Threatens Farmland Bird Communities

Urbanization is one of the most drastic forms of land-use change, and its negative consequences on biodiversity have been studied extensively in temperate countries such as Germany.

26 Aug 2021

Scientists Highlight the Need for Right Tools to Forecast Climate Change Vulnerability of Species

It is not easy to predict how animals – from insects to fish – are going to respond to climate change and especially extremes of temperature.

23 Aug 2021

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