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The Relationship Between Trait Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning

A healthy ecosystem requires diversity. An important component of biodiversity is functional diversity (FD), which denotes the diversity of functional traits of organisms in a given ecosystem.

3 Apr 2023

University of Illinois Study on Microclimate Offers New Hope for Salamanders

For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space. But for decades, scientists have mostly relied on free-air temperature data at large spatial scales to predict future salamander distributions under climate change.

3 Apr 2023

Understanding the Global Climate-Carbon Feedback

A multinational study team led by environmental physicist Prof. Dr André Butz of Heidelberg University discovered that end-of-dry-season CO2 pulses reoccur each year in the atmosphere over the Australian continent.

3 Apr 2023

Biodiversity Could Double in a Decade When Oysters Return!

New research from Heriot-Watt University in partnership with The Glenmorangie Distillery and the Marine Conservation Society has, for the first time, predicted the biodiversity gain of reintroducing European native oysters (Ostrea edulis).

3 Apr 2023

REST-COAST Summer Workshop Focuses on Coastal Management and Restoration

The Horizon 2020 REST-COAST project, which concentrates on coastal management and large-scale restoration, held its debut Summer School workshop from March 13–15, 2023 in Maldonado, Uruguay, at the Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE).

31 Mar 2023

Study: 90% of World's Salt Marshes Likely to be Underwater by the End of the Century

Cape Cod's salt marshes are as iconic as they are important. These beautiful, low-lying wetlands are some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on Earth.

31 Mar 2023

eDNA Method: A Powerful Tool to Survey Coral Reefs

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) scientists have devised a method for measuring coral biodiversity by extracting environmental DNA (eDNA) from a liter of surface seawater sampled above a reef.

30 Mar 2023

Contaminated Land and the Vital Role of Portable VOC Gas Detectors

Portable photoionization detectors (PIDs) have become an important tool in the management of many contaminated land remediation projects, and the following article will explain the reasons behind their popularity, despite the challenges presented by field work.

From Ion Science 27 Mar 2023

Climate Change Impacts Diet Quality of Fish Across the World’s Oceans

The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world's oceans could decline by up to 10 per cent as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.

24 Mar 2023