The high world population growth rate and the expansion of areas given over to crop production associated with climatic changes (longer periods of drought,…
In this week’s issue of Science, a US and Swedish research team report on a newly identified factor that controls the natural input of new nitrogen into boreal…
But new research led by a biologist at the University of Washington, Bothell, shows that some of the most popular current biofuel stocks might have exactly the…
“The process could change ethanol production in dry-grind plants so much that energy costs can be reduced by as much as one-third,” said Hans van Leeuwen, an…
As part of a new national research program called the Asphalt Research Consortium (ARC), Bahia is now using $5 million in funding to study ways of making…
More than half of the world population lives in urban areas by now – rising continues. As a consequence the challenges in the fields of infrastructure, energy…
The answer is not necessarily “both.” According to a study published online this week in PNAS Early Edition, the explosion of species at the tropics has much…
In 2003, haddock on Georges Bank experienced the largest baby boom ever documented for the stock, with an estimated 800 million new young fish entering the…
Am Donnerstag, 29. Mai, wurde auf der 9. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz (COP9) des Internationalen Übereinkommens zur Biodiversität (CBD) in Bonn ein Bericht zur…
Demands on forests will become stronger and spatially more diversified. Production of wood and other traditional forest resources will have to be balanced…
Developed by engineers at the University of Leeds, the sensor device gathers data on air temperature, humidity, air pressure, light, and soil moisture and…
In an accompanying exhibition organised with the participation of researchers from the Helmholtz Association, issues currently being explored in biodiversity…
On the pilot plant developed at the experimental station of Las Palmerillas, which depends on Spanish bank Cajamar, Almeria-based researchers try to prove the…
But what impact is this phenomenon having on marine organisms and ecosystems? This is a question to which researchers have few answers as yet. That is why the…
The first study to determine the global threat status of 21 species of wide-ranging oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals serious overfishing and recommends…
The role of urbanisation in the loss and degradation of global biodiversity was acknowledged in the local Agenda 21 processes and in the Convention on…
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