New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…
ICESat-2, or the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, is slated to launch in September to measure the height of Earth's surface, particularly the…
With its huge waves Tahiti has been attracting the world's best surfers since the 1960s. The famous “Teahupo' o”, which can reach up to nine metres in height,…
“Photosynthetic performance is a key trait to monitor as it directly translates to yield potential,” said Kaiyu Guan, an assistant professor in the College of…
But corn is problematic as a biofuel source material. It's resource-intensive to grow, creates many environmental impacts, and is more useful as food.
The core region of the Atacama Desert in South America is one of the most arid places on Earth. Sometimes it is raining only once in a decade or even less, the…
The island chain of Hawaii consists of several volcanoes, which are fed by a “hotspot”. In geosciences a “hotspot” refers to a phenomenon of columnar shaped…
Associate Researcher Shumin CHEN, Professor Weibiao LI and their team, from the School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, simulated several…
The tropical rainforests of Central and South America are home to the largest diversity of plants on this planet. Nowhere else are there quite so many…
The nights in the German federal states („Bundesländer”) have been getting brighter and brighter – but not everywhere at the same rate and with one peculiar…
Biological soil crusts protect the soil, accelerate the rate of soil formation and contribute to biogeochemical nutrient cycling via fixation of atmospheric…
The Southern Ocean plays an important role in climate events because CO2 can be absorbed from the atmosphere into the ocean. When increased amounts of dust are…
The finding surprised the University of Arizona-led research team, because the sparse instrumental records for sea surface temperature for that part of the…
International solar thermal energy researchers have successfully tested CONTISOL, a solar reactor that runs on air, able to make any solar fuel like hydrogen…
Small lakes with a surface area of less than 100 m2 represent the majority of global freshwater ecosystems. Many of these lakes are found in remote, often…
Climatologists are often asked, “Is climate change making hurricanes stronger?” but they can't give a definitive answer because the global hurricane record…
Infrared light provides valuable temperature data to forecasters and cloud top temperatures give clues about highest, coldest, strongest storms within a…
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