Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University (Harbor Branch) has been selected by the Waitt Institute for Discovery to carry out a…
If you're looking for bonefish from Miami down to the Marquesas Islands, you have about 321,000 to choose from, and that is down slightly from the average of…
Particulate matter of less than 10 nanometres across and smaller can penetrate the deepest parts of the lungs. PM10 have thus been associated with an increased…
One solution can be the closed loop utilisation of black and grey water for biomass production which could treble the efficiency of systems deployed to date.In…
The Franco-Spanish research group started to tag more than 1,500 immature loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in 1993, of which 36 were progressively…
At the beginning of their lives, salmon and sea turtles may read the magnetic field of their home area and “imprint” on it, according to a new theory in the…
Hamin recently completed a study with colleagues in Australia that was designed to help community leaders of 68 fast-growing, medium-sized coastal towns there…
A new Wildlife Phenology Program will enlist professional and citizen scientists across the country to monitor and record seasonal wildlife events to help…
The research, by Professor Steve Ormerod and Dr Isabelle Durance of the School of Biosciences took place over a 25 year period around Llyn Brianne in…
Detailed informationA new cloud radar which has been developed over 10 years, may help climate scientists as well as meteorologists. It has been developed by…
Loss of biodiversity‘Climate change’ is such an all-encompassing phrase, that it’s easy to forget it will have a multitude of effects, which is why scientists…
Making a differenceThe big challenge in creating a sustainable future is creating awareness that it’s not just governments that make changes, but individual…
Microorganisms such as bacteria and single celled algae in rivers and streams decompose organic matter as it flows downstream. They convert the carbon it…
According to a study in Geographical Research published by Wiley-Blackwell, the droughts are related to the solar magnetic phases and not the greenhouse…
Joy Clancy from the University of Twente has reviewed the problem in the current issue of the African Journal of Ecology. She says “A hundred years ago 95% of…
The park now forms part of an important trans-boundary protected area with Nigeria’s Cross River National Park, safeguarding an estimated 115 gorillas—a third…