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Current Pandemic Shares Similarities with Global Heating, Species Extinction

The dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic share "striking similarities" with the twin environmental crises of global heating and species extinction, argue a team of scientists and policy experts from the UK and US.

3 Jul 2020

Melting Snow is Triggering Fresh CO2 at Higher Rates than Previously Assumed

Studies have shown the Arctic is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the world, and its soil holds twice the amount of carbon dioxide as the atmosphere.

3 Jul 2020

Transdisciplinary Class Focuses on Climate Change and Water

It's not a typical sentence you'd find on a class schedule, but on April 2, the first action item for one MIT course read: "Check in on each other's health and well-being."

3 Jul 2020

Climate Change Threat to Tropical Plants

Half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new UNSW study predicts.

2 Jul 2020

Elevated Noise can be Stressful to Toadfish

A new study published in the Journal Environmental Pollution by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that the Ultra Music Festival was likely stressful to toadfish.

2 Jul 2020

Light Pollution can Alter Foraging Behavior, Migration Patterns of Animals

Light pollution is increasingly being recognized as yet another of humanity's many impacts on the rest of the natural world.

2 Jul 2020

Local and Landscape Level is Key to Promote the Habitat of Wild Bees

Sowing strips of wildflowers along conventional cereal fields and the increased density of flowers in organic farming encourage bumblebees as well as solitary wild bees and hoverflies.

1 Jul 2020

Study Calls for Economic and Disaster-Mitigating Measures to Conserve Coral Reefs

Prediction of storm surges and peak wave heights using advanced high-resolution modeling reveals the important role of offshore reefs in protecting coastal zones.

1 Jul 2020

Study Explores the Ecological Effects of Fire on Forests

One of Jonathan Coop's first vivid memories as a child was watching the flames of the 1977 La Mesa Fire in north-central New Mexico.

1 Jul 2020

Ecologists Attend 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America

Environmental scientists, educators and policy makers will be gathering online August 3-6, 2020, for the 105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

30 Jun 2020