Ecology, The Environment and Conservation
This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.
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Ancient leaves point to climate change effect on insects
The PETM occurred 55.8 million years ago and was an abrupt global warming event linked to a temporary increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This event…
Urban ecology: taking measure of the coming megacity's impact
If you are reading this, chances are that you live in a city – one, perhaps, on its way to becoming a megacity with a population that exceeds 10 million or…
Madagascar's tortoises are crawling toward extinction
The groups, which met for four days in Madagascar’s capital city Antananarivo, said there is still hope to save these ancient animals, but time is running out…
Backpacking flying lemurs reveal their gliding secrets
The development of a custom-designed three dimensional acceleration sensing 'backpack' has enabled scientists to examine the gliding and landing behaviour of a…
Wind patterns could mask effects of global warming in ocean
Scientists have previously found that surface temperatures around the globe have risen over the last 30 years in accord with global warming. New data, however,…
Carbon research with global impact
The £1.1m Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS) will explore cutting edge technology that ‘captures’ polluting carbon dioxide and stores…