Using SCIAMACHY, Annemieke Gloudemans from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and her colleagues at Utrecht University, the Vrije Universiteit…
A University of Florida scientist and other researchers have found that plants in Hawaii have the ability to acclimate to big changes in rainfall in at least…
Recent test fishing of a halibut excluder device on trawl nets fishing for Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska points to a significant reduction of halibut…
Scientists suspect a variety of factors, ranging from accidental damage from fishing activity to the effects of polluted runoff from land. One threat that…
The light sticks used in longline fisheries resemble the disposable plastic tubes popular with children on Halloween. The steady glow draws fish, which then…
Despite a link to warmer ocean temperatures, coral disease defies predictability, with puzzling variations between years and locations. The international…
By demonstrating that not all plants specialize in one specific source of nitrogen, the result turns a commonly held theory on its head. It also provides a…
Rivers and streams are key ecosystems for many aquatic species and form important links with surrounding habitats, yet little emphasis has been given so far to…
The study, whose findings are considered a major advance for fish conservation biology, was conducted by an international team of scientists from Australia,…
But this is the hope of scientists from the RSPB and Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK) when they resume their search next…
Invaders thrive best in regions where there is an abundance of materials for growth, such as water, nutrients and light. Biologists have long assumed that…
A new Earth Observation Centre that will enable the UK to further strengthen its position in international Earth observation programmes is announced today.The…
In Wieringermeer, a typical Dutch polder that was reclaimed from the sea in 1930, Bewick’s swans stop by during migration to feed on the leftovers of…
Besides confirming that longstanding observation, the study signals an alarm for island populations in a rapidly warming world. It suggests that climate change…
The basic constraints of evolution and the inability of species to adapt quickly enough can explain most of the causes that are leading one species after…
In a study appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, the researchers write that this distrust likely played a role…
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