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Role of Ancestral Plasticity in Genetic Adaptations

The rate of environmental change is exceptionally hard for wild organisms. Individual plants and animals can possibly adapt their biology to effectively cope with new pressures when confronted with a new environment; this is known as phenotypic plasticity.

30 Jan 2023

Quality Control System for Ocean Temperature In-Situ Profiles

Over the last century, various devices acquired over 16 million ocean temperature profiles. But each instrumentation gives data with varying degrees of precision, quality, and metadata completion.

30 Jan 2023

Analyzing the Links Between Forest Loss and International Trade

While intact forests act as essential climate regulators and biodiversity hubs, they are disappearing fast. Agriculture is widely regarded as the primary cause of forest loss, but researchers argue that agriculture is not the only one to blame.

23 Jan 2023

Climate Change and Human Activities Shape Future Forest Structure

Climate change and human activities strongly influence forests, but researchers have not fully understood the pervasiveness of these stressors and how they will shape future forest structure.

20 Jan 2023

Korea Maritime and Ocean University Researchers Lay Out Strategies for Up-scaling of Bioelectrochemical Systems

With rising concerns about energy and water management, microbial electrochemical technologies (METs), such as microbial fuel cells, have emerged as promising solutions.

19 Jan 2023

Extreme Thunderstorms from Climate Change Likely to Cause Large Windthrow Events in the Amazon

Tropical forests are crucial for sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But they're also subject to intense storms that can cause "windthrow" – the uprooting or breaking of trees. These downed trees decompose, potentially turning a forest from a carbon sink into a carbon source.

18 Jan 2023

Understanding Plant Response to Heat and Drought Stress

The international researchers’ group proposes that it is important to comprehend the ecological, biochemical, and physiological responses of plants to the stresses of drought and heat for more feasible management and solutions.

17 Jan 2023

Study Investigates How Redwoods Respond to the Changing Climate

Scientists from Cal Poly Humboldt conducted a rangewide analysis of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) to examine growth trends and understand how these trees are responding to recent environmental changes.

11 Jan 2023

Existing Conservation Efforts Inadequate to Protect Antarctic Ecosystems, Study Reveals

Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and population declines are likely for 65% of the continent's plants and wildlife by the year 2100, according to a study by Jasmine Rachael Lee at the University of Queensland, Australia, and colleagues, publishing December 22 in the open access journal PLOS Biology.

3 Jan 2023