Scientists investigating the East Asian Summer Monsoon have found that the abundance of vegetation during winter and spring months is an important indicator of…
The capture was made in Primorsky Krai along the Russian-Chinese border by a team of scientists from WCS and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of…
The research appears in the November issue of the journal Evolution.Symphonia globulifera is a widespread tropical tree with a history that goes back some 45…
When soil in these forests is warmed, fungi that feed on dead plant material dry out and produce significantly less climate-warming carbon dioxide than fungi…
The findings by a team of scientists led by UEA’s Climatic Research Unit will be published online by the Nature Geoscience this week.Previous studies have…
The institution, jointly established by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne…
Now two University of California biologists have verified the predictive power of this sensitive group of animals in a global study of species turnover among…
A group of scientists have, for the first time, combined the outcomes of proposals by the G8 countries and the UK Government’s Stern Review with the latest…
Wastewater from ships, oil refineries and other petrochemical industries is heavily contaminated with toxic compounds. Stringent EU regulations apply to its…
As part of a multi-pronged research effort to understand the role of migratory birds in the transfer of avian influenza viruses between Asia and North America,…
The authors of the study believe that these highly intelligent animals now associate roads with danger – in this case poaching, which is rampant in Central…
The sensor will also be able to detect explosives vapours and chemical agents such as nerve gases, when integrated in homeland security sensor systems….
This process is the cause of coral bleaching and is well known to scientists, but few large-scale studies have dealt with its effects on the structure of…
This is the first study of its kind and is carried out by an international team of scientists that includes researchers from the University of British…
Rapid changes in temperature which have led to changes in the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering, make some closely related groups of species –…
A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps…