Modern agriculture and land-use practices may lead to major disruptions of the world’s water flows, with potentially sudden and dire consequences for regions…
Coral reefs could be dying out because of changes to the microbes that live in them just as much as from the direct rise in temperature caused by global…
Grain-based ethanol production has increased dramatically in recent years as the cost and instability of oil has increased. New U.S. government policies…
There is widespread interest in restoring land damaged by gravel-sand mining, but the high costs of such projects can be off-putting. A new study published in…
The report, Implications of Climate Change for the National Reserve System, was prepared for the Federal Government, and released today by Environment Minister…
When the researchers planted worn-out cattle fields in Costa Rica with a sampling of local trees, native species began to move in and flourish, raising the…
The mesquite girdler Oncideres rhodosticta may only be 13mm long, but it has a big role in shaping the landscape. Research carried out by Benjamin Duval and…
However, the particular environments are not always adapted for hosting new arrivals. Past introduction attempts, such as that of wild rabbit into Australia or…
Designed to have universal appeal, the site will enable people of all ages to learn more about the wonders of the insect world both before and during National…
There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have seen purse-seine fishery operators take advantage of the…
This sea turtle, although a protected species, is threatened by human activity: it ingests plastics, get accidentally caught in fishing nets, sees its…
The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day is “Observing our Planet for a Better Future,” which underscores the importance of monitoring meteorological…
But governments of the UK, the EU, Germany and the US disagree seriously about biofuel footprints, and this could lead to confusion in the fuel markets, says…
SON, WI, March 17, 2008 — To meet the needs of a growing population and to provide it with a higher quality of life, increasing pressures are being placed on…
As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new…
Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect…
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