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…
“If you look at the height profiles from ICESat-2 and IceBridge, you can tell that they're almost the same,” said Ron Kwok, a sea ice scientist at NASA's Jet…
Groundwater is the world's largest source of freshwater and it is of vital importance for food production. Increasing extraction of groundwater in recent…
How can I contribute to ensure that more people take an interest in the important issue of protecting the climate, the environment and nature and help them…
Bark beetles, heat, drought, storms, and fires have damaged the German forests. Those who go for a walk there often encounter dead spruces and dried beech…
The German research aircraft HALO will explore the southern hemisphere as part of the SouthTRAC (Transport and Composition of the Southern Hemisphere UTLS)…
Many divers are familiar with the phenomenon: when diving through a coral reef, the water can suddenly become blurred and much colder, which is often the…
Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) are developing digital applications intended to make it easier for various actors to better cope with weather…
The Arctic sea ice cap is an expanse of frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas. Every year, it expands and thickens during…
From the Great Pacific garbage patch to inland rivers, plastics are among the most widespread contaminants on Earth. Microplastics — particles of plastic…
With a gentle hum the drone flies over the plant breeder's fields. During the flight it continuously takes pictures of the plants, which are later analyzed…
450 million tons of plastic are produced globally each year. PHAs represent a tentative approach to defeating the plague that is plastic. PHA stands for…
Led by FBN, scientists from the EU, Canada and Australia are launching a large-scale research project to identify functions in the genome that are relevant to…
What is the chemical composition of the Earth’s interior?
The researchers investigated whether fungicides regularly used in agriculture such as tebuconazole or azoxystrobin influence the growth of aquatic fungi. In…
The facts that climate change is man-made and that it will alter ecosystems are indisputable. However, there is debate about its extent and its consequences….
The sea-ice extent in the Arctic is nearing its annual minimum at the end of the melt season in September. Only circa 3.9 million square kilometres of the…
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