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Study Reveals the Effect of Scarce Phosphorus Content on Biomass Production

What amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) can tropical rainforests consume? A new study by a deeply involved international group of scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has shown that the absorption capacity is extremely restricted by the phosphorus content of the soil.

7 Aug 2019

Study Reveals Inability of Various Species to Adapt to Climate Change

According to an international team of researchers, including a biologist from Iowa State University, climate change is surpassing the potential of birds and other species to adjust to their changing environment.

5 Aug 2019

UK Businesses Back Government's Industrial Strategy to Develop Bio-based Plastics

UK Businesses are expected to jointly invest up to £149 million, alongside a £60 million government investment to help fight the global battle against single use plastics.

2 Aug 2019

Climate Change Leaves Mark on Coastal Ecosystems

Extreme climate events are exacerbating the impact of climate change in Australian marine ecosystems causing, in some cases, irreversible change underscoring the importance of adaptation and innovative solutions in the marine environment.

2 Aug 2019

Industrialised Fishing Overlaps Threaten Shark Hotspots Worldwide

An international team of over 150 scientists from 26 countries have collated movement data from nearly 2,000 sharks tracked with satellite transmitter tags.

26 Jul 2019

Assessing Reported Studies to Advance Global Private Land Conservation

One of the most well-known problems across the world is biodiversity loss, which also influences human welfare.

18 Jul 2019

Federal Government Body Sounds Climate Alarm Over Reef

A key Federal Government body has identified climate change as the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef and is calling for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced as urgently as possible.

18 Jul 2019

World's Erosion Experts Gather at Gateway to GBR

Leading Australian and international gully erosion experts will meet in Townsville next week and view first-hand the severe impact this type of land degradation is having on the Great Barrier Reef.

18 Jul 2019

Rotterdam: Solutions for Extreme Rainfall and Drought – The City as a Sponge

By making the city act as a sponge, the effects of climate change may be mitigated more successfully. As of the beginning of this month, Rotterdam has a Sponge Garden, intended to investigate how this can look in practice.

17 Jul 2019

Megadrought Caused Mega Biodiversity Loss

Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have painstakingly reconstructed the nation’s ‘once in a century drought’ in the early 1900s, revealing that it caused mass ecosystem collapse and dramatic declines in plant and animal populations across more than a third of the continent.

16 Jul 2019