The new work demonstrates that the technology that uses algae as sentinels has broader applications than previously reported, according to authors Miguel…
Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe.This…
In the open ocean, species of large predatory fish will swim and hunt for food at various depths, which leads to unique diets in these fish. Oceanographers and…
Steep reductions in the abundance of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic fauna in recent centuries are not restricted to animals that live in the sea:…
This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. There is a risk that the consequences will be…
The trees in the forests such as the holm oaks, rowans and pines have unexpected predators which are impeding their expansion over the mountains. In 98.5% of…
Technion professor Oded Béjà and colleagues suggest that the viruses, or marine phages, may use the genes to gain a competitive advantage over the bacteria…
The study, which has been published in Atmospheric Environment, measured ultrafine particle concentration levels outside a vehicle travelling through the M5…
Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, they say around 22,000 flying foxes are legally hunted (in addition to…
Until now, little has been known about how changes in temperatures might affect the total productivity and growth of all marine consumers (such as animals,…
The researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, University of Adelaide in Australia and the National University of Singapore have called…
Vitt has studied the ecology of lizards in rain forests around the world and, for the past 20 years, as part of a biodiversity project in the Amazon. As a…
The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created…
Using the same methodology for climate prediction as the International Panel on Climate Change and data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…
Levels can build up in closed rooms, and be reduced by ventilation, they indicated in a study presented at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical…
But do the ordinances really help reduce phosphorus pollution? That's been an open question until now, says John Lehman, professor of ecology and evolutionary…