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Study Highlights the Emerging Threat of Climate Change to Migratory Mule Deer

When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual foraging bonanza they rely on.

15 Jun 2020

Stiffer Roadways can Eliminate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector

Every time you hear a deep rumble and feel your house shake when a big truck roars by, that's partly because the weight of heavy vehicles causes a slight deflection in the road surface under them.

15 Jun 2020

Soil Organisms can Enhance Numerous Global Sustainability Goals

Soils are home to more than 25 percent of the earth's total biodiversity, supporting life on land and water, nutrient cycling and retention, food production, pollution remediation and climate regulation.

15 Jun 2020

Sea Otters Drive Huge Transformations to their Local Ecosystems

Since their reintroduction to the Pacific coast in the 1970s, the sea otters' rapid recovery and voracious appetite for tasty shellfish such as urchins, clams and crabs has brought them into conflict with coastal communities and fishers, who rely on the same valuable fisheries for food and income.

15 Jun 2020

Ocean Acidification and its Impacts on Chesapeake Bay

For many years, the world's oceans have suffered from absorbing human-made carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which has led to the decreasing pH of saltwater, known as ocean acidification, and threatened the health of marine organisms and ecosystems.

15 Jun 2020

Diversity of Aquaporins is Key to Develop Food Crops with Bigger Yields

Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic in and out of plant cells works, which researchers believe is key to develop food crops with bigger yields and greater ability to cope with extreme environments.

15 Jun 2020

Urgent Action on Emissions is Key to Tackle Shipping's Impact on Climate Change

New climate research has stated that urgent action on emissions from existing ships is the key to tackling shipping's impact on climate change.

15 Jun 2020

Study Shows How Population Change Impacts Food Production Across Sub-Saharan Africa

In order to reveal the population interactions that gave rise to Africa's enormous linguistic, cultural, and economic diversity, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Africa, Europe, and North America sampled key regions in which current models predict a legacy of significant population interactions.

15 Jun 2020

Increased Concentrations of Greenhouse Gas Influence Rainfall Changes in India

A billion people rely on rainfall from the Indian summer monsoon (ISM). Its variability may produce impacts both locally and globally.

15 Jun 2020

There is Still Time to Conserve about Half of Earth's Land

Roughly half of Earth's ice-free land remains without significant human influence, according to a study from a team of international researchers led by the National Geographic Society and the University of California, Davis.

15 Jun 2020

Study Estimates Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Extra Food Intake

Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling.

15 Jun 2020

Disappearance of Antelopes can have a Profound Impact on Entire Ecosystems

Five years before the novel coronavirus ran rampant around the world, saiga antelopes from the steppes of Eurasia experienced their own epidemic.

15 Jun 2020

Eels can act as Surrogate Species for Biodiversity Conservation in Freshwater Rivers

An international research team has conducted a field survey on two species of eel native to Japan and other organisms that share the same habitat, revealing for the first time in the world that these eels can act as comprehensive surrogate species for biodiversity conservation in freshwater rivers.

12 Jun 2020

Protected Lands in Western US Receive More Than 1000 Tons of Plastic Every Year

Utah State University Assistant Professor Janice Brahney and her team used high-resolution atmospheric deposition data and identified samples of microplastics and other particulates collected over 14 months in 11 national parks and wilderness areas.

12 Jun 2020

Study Finds Coal-Tar Sealant is Dominant PAH Contaminant in Great Lakes

Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is the most likely primary source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, found in the majority of streambed sediments of Great Lakes tributaries, according to a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

12 Jun 2020