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Chestnut-Crowned Babbler Birds Fall into an "Ecological Trap"

Animals can fall into an "ecological trap" by altering their behaviour in the "wrong direction" in response to climate change, researchers say.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers Find Evidence of Widespread "Underfilling" of Potential Climatic Habitats

Forecasts predicting where plants and animals will inhabit over time rely primarily on information about their current climate associations, but that only plays a partial role.

15 Dec 2020

Evolution is Slower than Global Warming

The world is getting warmer, and life has to adapt to new conditions. But if the warming continues, many species may have trouble keeping up.

15 Dec 2020

Starfish Cannot Survive More Frequent and Extreme Marine Heatwaves

Common starfish cannot survive amplified marine heatwaves projected at the end of the century and experience lasting negative effects from current heatwaves, according to new research being presented on at the British Ecological Society's Festival of Ecology.

15 Dec 2020

Effective Ocean Planning Protects Marine Fish and Commercial Fisheries

Conservation of fish and other marine life migrating from warming ocean waters will be more effective and also protect commercial fisheries if plans are made now to cope with climate change, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Science Advances.

14 Dec 2020

AI Helps Scientists Develop New General Models In Ecology

In ecology, millions of species interact in billions of different ways between them and with their environment. Ecosystems often seem chaotic, or at least overwhelming for someone trying to understand them and make predictions for the future.

14 Dec 2020

Study Reveals Drop in Fertilizing Effect of Excess CO2 on Vegetation Worldwide

Plants tend to remove CO2 from the air when they absorb it for their growth. Thus, CO2 gets sequestered in their roots, trunk, or branches.

11 Dec 2020

Unilever, Microsoft, Brooks, Neste, and ITV are Among 13 More Companies to Join The Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that 13 new signatories—Atos, Brooks, Canary Wharf Group, Coca-Cola European Partners, ERM, Groupe SEB France, Harbour Air, ITV, Microsoft, Neste, Rubicon, Unilever,...

10 Dec 2020

The Ocean Cleanup Prepares for Series Production of Interceptor – Partners with MHE-Demag

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, and Konecranes, a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, announced today that MHE-Demag is the chosen partner to design, manufacture, and service The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor to extract plastic from rivers before entering the ocean.

10 Dec 2020

Art and Marine Biotech Combine to Help Solve Global Plastics Problem

The development of Marine-derived Biopolymer Materials at Flinders University to help solve global plastics problems has taken the innovative step of inviting artists work with research scientists in identifying the widest possible applications for the new materials.

3 Dec 2020