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Fossil Record Provides Clues to Past Coastal Ecosystems

Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like before the arrival of humans. This is especially true of coastal ecosystems, many of which had already been drastically altered by pollution and overharvesting hundreds of years before scientists began monitoring them.

13 Jul 2023

Persistent Marine Heat Waves Linked to Seabird Die-Offs

Seabirds, from cormorants to puffins, spend most of their lives at sea. Beloved by birdwatchers, these animals can be hard to study because they spend so much time far from shore.

7 Jul 2023

New Approach to Help Select Coral Species for Reef Restoration

A novel approach to choosing coral species for reef restoration has been presented to resource managers and conservationists.

4 Jul 2023

A Path Forward in the Study of Complexity in Ecology

To address the issues faced by climate change and other global environmental changes, it is necessary to combine complexity science with ecology and biodiversity conservation.

23 Jun 2023

The Effect of Climate Change on Ecosystems

The evolution of new species is ongoing on a global scale as various biological groups split off and pursue diverse trajectories. What occurs when climate change is included in the equation?

21 Jun 2023

Study Reveals How Climate Change Affects Sea Sponges

Sea sponges are essential to marine ecosystems. They play critical roles in the ocean, as they provide shelter and food to a plethora of marine creatures, recycle nutrients by filtering thousands of litres of sea water daily, and are hosts to microbes that may be the key to some of the most pressing medical challenges we face today.

16 Jun 2023

Research Deploys a New Approach for Inferring the Temperature Sensitivity of Ecosystem Respiration

As the world heats up due to climate change, how much can we continue to depend on plants and soils to help alleviate some of our self-inflicted damage by removing carbon pollution from the atmosphere?

16 Jun 2023

Microplastics Could Increase the Temperature of Beach Sand to Threaten Sea Turtle Development

New research from Florida State University published in Frontiers in Marine Science found that extreme concentrations of microplastics could increase the temperature of beach sand enough to threaten the development of incubating sea turtles.

14 Jun 2023

Introducing Environmental Research: Food Systems – IOP Publishing’s New OA Journal Dedicated to Achieving Sustainable Global Food Solutions

IOP Publishing (IOPP) is expanding its open access (OA) Environmental Research portfolio to address the urgent need for sustainable food solutions globally.

7 Jun 2023

Cloud-based SCADA for Asset Monitoring

For years, Environmental Monitoring Solutions (EMS) has relied on Ovarro’s TBox remote telemetry units (RTUs) and other systems throughout its networks that provide energy management systems to water suppliers.

7 Jun 2023