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A New Measurement Method to Elucidate Carbon Allocation in Forest Ecosystem

It is well known that plants use carbon dioxide obtained from the air in photosynthesis to use as energy and grow bigger.

27 May 2020

Deep-Sea Biodiversity Likely to be at Greater Risk Due to Climate Change

Although the ocean’s deeper layers are warming at a slower rate compared to the surface, animals that live in the deep ocean are highly subjected to climate warming and will experience rising challenges to retain their desired thermal habitats in the coming years.

26 May 2020

Fire Aerosols Impact Global Terrestrial Ecosystem Productivity

Fire is the primary form of terrestrial ecosystem disturbance on a global scale, and a major source of aerosols from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere.

21 May 2020

Ocean Warming Likely to Impact Distribution and Lifecycle of Antarctic Krill

Ocean warming is likely to alter the distribution and lifecycle of ecologically and commercially important Antarctic krill over the rest of this century, according to new IMAS-led research.

19 May 2020

Protecting Fish Biodiversity is Key to Improving Survival of Coral Reef Ecosystems

A new study reveals clear evidence highlighting the importance of fish biodiversity to the health of spectacular tropical coral reef ecosystems.

19 May 2020

Study Finds Vegetation Changes can Outweigh Climate Change

Worldwide, grasslands that feed a majority of the grazing animals have been changing into shrublands in a so-called “woody plant encroachment.”

18 May 2020

Researchers Estimate the Recycling Efficiency of Marine Microbes

A team of researchers from the Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences (Budweis, Czechia), MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen (Germany), and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) have estimated that these chemoautotrophs recycle approximately 5 per cent of the carbon and phosphorus assimilated by marine algae and release terragrams (1012 g) of dissolved organics to the ocean interior each year.

13 May 2020