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…
In a paper submitted to the journal Marine Biology, an international team of scientists led by Professor Mike Harris from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in…
The loss of ice has been occurring about five times faster from Greenland's southeastern region in the past two years than in the previous year and a half. The…
James Elsner of Florida State University in Tallahassee examined the statistical connection between the average global near-surface air temperature and…
Despite the commitment we have already to global warming, even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases now the researchers predict that Eurasia, eastern China,…
An updated analysis by the European Commission, through its advanced crop yield forecasting system, shows that the particularly hot weather in July has…
The map shows the known seafloor locations of minerals, such as copper, gold, silver and diamond, compiled from survey information gathered over many decades.The result of a major research initiative between the CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship, and Geoscience Australia – together with CSIRO Exploration and Mining and the State and Territory Geological Surveys ¬- the map was launched today by the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop….
The purpose of the expedition is to carry out research on climate and weather changes, earthquakes, tsunamis and animal and plant marine life. The Satellite…
“It's the blending of ecological and evolutionary time,” says Freeman, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of zoology. “It's an important development in the…
Scientists have known that prey adjust their activity levels in response to predation risk, but new research by a University of Michigan graduate student shows…
A new analysis of ocean-floor sediments collected near the North Pole finds that the Arctic was extremely warm, unusually wet and ice-free the last time…
Researchers have long recognized that a massive release of greenhouse gases, probably carbon dioxide or methane, occurred during the PETM. Surface temperatures…
One more year the mountains of the province are in danger and although the technical services have tried to design strategies to fight against these disasters…
But simply observing such changes doesn't prove that the invaders are responsible. University of Michigan researchers Emily Farrer and Deborah Goldberg,…
Chapin, professor of ecology at the Institute of Arctic Biology, and co-authors offer local-to-global policy recommendations to manage Arctic conditions…
Scientists, who this week had been looking for signs of the end of this “dead zone,” have instead found even more extreme drops in oxygen along the seafloor….
The discovery allows for development of new rice varieties that can withstand flooding, thus overcoming one of agriculture's oldest challenges and offering…
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