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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 Develop a New Way to Measure How Arctic Plants Respond to Climate Change

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have helped develop a new way to measure how Arctic plants respond to climate change.

25 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

Beneficial Micro-Organisms for Corals can Increase Survival After Bleaching

New research suggests that treating corals with a probiotic cocktail consisting of beneficial bacteria can help in survival after a bleaching event. This technique can be employed prior to a predicted heatwave event, to help corals to recover from high sea temperatures.

16 Aug 2021

Different Land Management Strategies can Help Sequester More Carbon in Soil

The organic matter in the Earth’s soils can store more than twice the carbon compared to atmospheric CO2. Hence, deciphering the carbon sequestration potential of various agricultural practices and landscapes is considered essential in meeting the national and global climate goals.

16 Aug 2021

Collective Behavior of Organisms can Stabilize and Diversify Ecosystems

According to a new study by researchers from Oregon State University, the herds of wildebeest, schools of herrings, and various other groups of organisms that live in concert are not just visually amazing but capable of supporting complex ecosystems to maintain diversity and stability.

13 Aug 2021

Researchers Pose Sticky Questions on Coral Reef Conservation

A new UBC study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation.

12 Aug 2021

Novel System Could Help Provide Corals with More Targeted Protection from Climate Change

Thermally tolerant corals have different mechanisms for responding to heat stress.

12 Aug 2021

Corallimorphs Dominate and Kill Reefs at Palmyra Atoll

The coral reefs thriving in Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been transforming from stony corals to systems controlled by corallimorphs—marine invertebrates that share genes with both hard corals and anemones.

11 Aug 2021