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Plants' Response to Climate Stress may Become Visible Only Years Later

Plant responses to climate drivers such as temperature and precipitation may become visible only years after the actual climate event.

23 Feb 2021

Quick Evolutionary Change Could Help Species Deal with Stressful Climate

Biodiversity loss caused by climate change is an ever-increasing concern globally. Another significant factor inducing biodiversity loss is the establishment of invasive species, which usually dislodge native species.

23 Feb 2021

Predatory Reef Fish Rely on Food Resources from Open Ocean, not from Reef

A Newcastle University-led study has demonstrated that predatory reef fish at the top of the food chain depend on resources from the open ocean rather than from the reef itself.

22 Feb 2021

New Project Aims to Study the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Oysters

The excess carbon dioxide responsible for global warming also increases the acidity of seawater, challenging the growth and survival of oysters and other shellfish.

19 Feb 2021

Migratory Songbirds may be Adapted to Particular Climate Regimes

As climate change takes hold across the Americas, some areas will get wetter, and others will get hotter and drier.

19 Feb 2021

Study: Fishes Contribute About 16% of the Sinking Carbon in Upper Ocean Waters

Scientists have little understanding of the role fishes play in the global carbon cycle linked to climate change

18 Feb 2021

Protected Areas to Conserve Planet's Biodiversity do not Consider the Effects of Climate Change

For more than a decade, governments in countries across the world have made significant progress to expand their protected areas network to conserve the planet's biodiversity.

17 Feb 2021

Climate and Ecological Changes Likely Drove Megafauna Extinctions in North America

A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America's largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas.

16 Feb 2021

Sponges, Other Animals Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves

A new study published recently in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal reports that there is more life than predicted far beneath the Antarctic ice shelves.

16 Feb 2021