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Research Reveals the Impact of Climate Crisis on Antarctic Fur Seal

The climate crisis is limiting the availability of krill -;small crustaceans that are vital in the marine food chain-; during summer in some areas of the Antarctica. This involves a decrease in the food abundance for female Antarctic fur seals in summer and a decrease in their reproductive success.

3 Dec 2021

Trust Opens Up New Opportunities for Action on Invasive Species

Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley launched a new philanthropic trust this week that will strengthen efforts to protect Australia’s native plants and animals, and agricultural landscapes from the spread of invasive pests and weeds.

3 Dec 2021

Baltic Herring Collapsed Long Before Industrialization Due to Overfishing and Climate Change

More than a third of the world's commercial fish stocks are considered overexploited or threatened by overfishing.

2 Dec 2021

Study Sheds Light on the Link Between Biological Evolution of Phytoplankton and Climate Change

Using artificial intelligence techniques, an international team that included Rutgers-New Brunswick researchers have traced the evolution of coccolithophores, an ocean-dwelling phytoplankton group, over 2.8 million years.

2 Dec 2021

New Study Describes How Two Species of Antarctic Fish Respond to Acute Thermal Stress

At first glance, Antarctica seems inhospitable. Known for howling gales and extremely cold temperatures, the continent is blanketed with a mile-thick ice shelf. Occasional elephant seals and seabirds fleck the glacial shorelines.

30 Nov 2021

Fire Activity Increased in the World’s Grasslands After the Megagrazer Extinctions

From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and ancient horses, went extinct.

26 Nov 2021

Virtual Landscapes to Study Endangered Australian Ecosystems

Researchers have developed immersive virtual landscapes of intact endangered Australian ecosystems to accurately illustrate changes across time, seasons and following disturbances like bushfires.

25 Nov 2021

Study Attributes Tree Mortality to the Direct Effect of Warming on Bark Beetles

In California's Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found to kill 30% more ponderosa pine trees than the beetles do under drought alone.

24 Nov 2021

Cornell Researchers Explore the Role of Microbes in Global Carbon Cycle

Cornell researchers have developed an innovative technique to track microbes and understand the various ways they process soil carbon, findings that add to our knowledge of how bacteria contribute to the global carbon cycle.

23 Nov 2021

Major New Initiative Aims to Sustainably Manage the UK’s Marine Resources

A consortium of universities, industry, government and NGOs are joining forces for a major new initiative aimed at sustainably managing the UK's coasts and seas.

22 Nov 2021