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Europe's Primary Forests are Unprotected and at Risk of Being Destroyed

Like its ancient cathedrals, Europe has a remarkable--but poorly understood--legacy of old-growth forests.

18 Sep 2020

Crop Pests Rapidly Respond to Changing Climates

Fruit flies have the uncanny ability to wake up from a months-long hibernation right when their food of choice--say, the fruit from apple or Hawthorn trees--is at its peak.

18 Sep 2020

Reforestation can Only Partially Reverse Soil Degradation in Tropical Forests

Tropical forest soils play a crucial role in providing vital ecosystem functions.

17 Sep 2020

Short Intrusions of Cooler Deep Water can Mitigate Thermal Stress in Corals

The risk of severe coral bleaching--a condition in which corals lose their symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae--is five times more frequent today than it was forty years ago.

17 Sep 2020

Study Provides Insight into How Soil Erosion may be Affecting Lifespan of Soils

A major new international study has provided a first worldwide insight into how soil erosion may be affecting the longevity of our soils.

15 Sep 2020

Researchers Quantify Worldwide Phosphorus Loss Due to Soil Erosion

Phosphorus is essential for agriculture, yet this important plant nutrient is increasingly being lost from soils around the world.

14 Sep 2020

Deep-Sea Study of GBR Reveals New Species of Corals and Sponges

For the first time, scientists have viewed the deepest regions of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, discovered five undescribed species consisting of black corals and sponges, and recorded Australia's first observation of an extremely rare fish.

10 Sep 2020

Conservation Action Has Prevented at Least 28 Extinctions in Recent Decades

Conservation action has prevented the global extinction of at least 28 bird and mammal species since 1993, a study led by Newcastle University, UK and BirdLife International has shown.

10 Sep 2020

Giant Leap Forward for World's First Flying Electric Car Race Series

Airspeeder, the world’s first electric flying car racing series is delighted to announce a landmark technical and strategic partnership with Acronis, the global leader in cyber protection.

9 Sep 2020

High Ozone Air Pollution Makes Tobacco Hawkmoths Lose Attraction to Flower Odors

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and the University of Virginia, USA, has studied the impact of high ozone air pollution on the chemical communication between flowers and pollinators.

7 Sep 2020