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Ancient Indigenous Forest Gardens Create Important Habitat for Animals and Pollinators

A new study by Simon Fraser University historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests--cared for as "forest gardens"--contain more biologically and functionally diverse species than surrounding conifer-dominated forests and create important habitat for animals and pollinators.

23 Apr 2021

Study Shows the Significant Effect of Climate Change on Central African Forests

Global research coordinated by scientists from the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and CIRAD has disclosed the composition of the tropical forests in Central Africa and their susceptibility to the rising pressure from human activity and climate change predicted in the forthcoming years.

22 Apr 2021

Andean Forests Capture More Carbon Than They Emit

The Andes Mountains of South America are the most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for plant and vertebrate species in the world.

20 Apr 2021

Study Shows How Global Change Will Impact the Genetic Diversity of Mammals

Over the last 200 years, researchers have worked towards understanding the global distribution of species and ecosystems.

20 Apr 2021

Prolonged Spells of Warm Water Disrupt Symbiotic Nutrient Cycling of Corals

The results of coral beaching are obvious -- stark underwater forests of white coral skeletons -- yet the physiological processes of bleaching are not well understood.

20 Apr 2021

Northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba Corals Exhibit High Tolerance to Higher Temperatures

Coral reefs are believed to be one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems found on the planet.

20 Apr 2021

Researchers Urge for More Efficient Planning for Biodiversity Conservation

According to researchers, climate projections in conservation planning should be a part of more robust biodiversity conservation and should be used to make sure that regions most at risk from climate impacts and biodiversity loss are protected.

19 Apr 2021

Ecological Assemblages More Resistant to Environmental Change than Species Compositions

The study sheds new light upon an ongoing debate among conservation biologists: whether we should conserve sets of endangered species, or whether we should preserve ecosystem functioning, that is, the processes inherent to ecosystems, including those that benefit humans - also called ecosystem services.

16 Apr 2021

Cultural Burning Reduced Large-Scale Wildfire Activity on the Fish Lake Plateau

If you were to visit the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau a thousand years ago, you'd find conditions remarkably familiar to the present. The climate was warm, but drier than today.

15 Apr 2021

Extreme Storm Flooding Polluted Coral Reefs More than 100 Miles Offshore

Runoff from Houston's 2016 Tax Day flood and 2017's Hurricane Harvey flood carried human waste onto coral reefs more than 100 miles offshore in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, according to a Rice University study.

8 Apr 2021