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…
The Environment and Human Health Programme comprises 37 projects that cover a broad field of environmental concerns linked to human health, including…
In science, it's best to be good, but sometimes it's better to be lucky. Ecologist Owen Sexton, professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington…
The GLA is committed to reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2025[1], but most climate scientists argue that even more rapid reductions will be…
Seisma, a research vessel belonging to the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), is sweeping Storfjord with seismic and state-of-the-art, side-scanning sonar….
“The jury is still out on whether nanotechnology will prove to be an environmental protector or, in fact, a polluter,” says Aleksandra Kordecka, Chemicals…
Professor Andy Pereira at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) has been working with colleagues in India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Mexico and The…
Dr Sue Page of the Department of Geography met with 200 scientists, politicians, legislators, land managers, representatives of national and local governments,…
Did the great flood of Noah’s generation really occur thousands of years ago” Was the Roman city of Caesarea destroyed by an ancient tsunami” Will pollution…
Presenting the Charles Lyell Award Lecture at the BA Festival, Dr Jon Copley of the University of Southampton is sharing a first-hand account of recent…
The power of partnership is highlighted as new environmental research programmes are unveiled at the BA Festival of Science in York.The power of partnership is…
Ocean “acidification” occurs when chemical compounds such as carbon dioxide, sulfur, or nitrogen mix with seawater, a process which lowers the pH and reduces…
The latest survey of black-throated and red-throated divers by the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has found the two species have increased in the UK…
Inquiring Texas research minds want to know more about cotton fleahoppers – a tiny, sometimes obscure pest that can damage plants during their early growth. “Fleahoppers are a threat to young cotton for about four weeks,” said Dr. Megha Parajulee, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist based at Lubbock. “They feed on new plant growth, primarily the first small squares. This damage can delay plant maturity, leaving the crop open to damage from other pests later in the growing season.” …
In fact the best conserved areas harbour over 700 species of coral, 600 species of mollusc and nearly 4000 species of fish. These fish have been well studied…
Now only 95 000 km² of this natural habitat survives, just 8% of its initial extent. It is still a large biodiversity reservoir in Brazil, second only to the…
A dime-sized tropical crab that has invaded coastal waters in the Southeast United States is having both positive and negative effects on oyster reefs, leaving…
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