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Warmer Temperatures Boost Biodiversity and Photosynthesis in Phytoplankton

Warmer temperatures increase biodiversity and photosynthesis in phytoplankton, researchers at the University of Exeter and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have found. Globally, phytoplankton -- microscopic water-borne plants -- absorb as much carbon dioxide as tropical rainforests and so understanding the way they respond to a warming climate is crucial.

18 Dec 2015

Rock Weathering Could Help Stabilise Climate and Avert Ocean Acidification

Scientists have discovered enhanced weathering of rock could counter man-made fossil fuel CO2 emissions and help to protect our oceans.

15 Dec 2015

Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton Important in Developing Climate Change Models

A new study from the University of Exeter, published in the journal Ecology Letters, found that phytoplankton - microscopic water-borne plants - can rapidly evolve tolerance to elevated water temperatures.

30 Nov 2015

Computer Simulations Reveal Much More Complexity in Earth's First Ecosystems

Computer simulations have allowed scientists to work out how a puzzling 555-million-year-old organism with no known modern relatives fed, revealing that some of the first large, complex organisms on Earth formed ecosystems that were much more complex than previously thought.

28 Nov 2015

UPM Engineers Improve Environmental Impact Assessment Technique for Mining Exploitation

Two engineers at the School of Mining and Energy Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have improved the technique known as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the specific case of mining exploitation.

22 Oct 2015

Researchers Assess Effects of Land Use on Water Availability in Himalaya Mountain Basins

As part of an multi-disciplinary study, a team of Baylor researchers found that climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth in the Himalaya Mountain basins could have negative impacts on water availability, further stressing a region plagued by natural disasters and food insecurity.

20 Oct 2015

Study Reveals Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development is a Source of Land-Cover Change

On Oct. 7, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation aimed at increasing renewable-energy generation. Among renewable energy systems, solar energy has high potential for mitigating climate change, resulting in diverse technologies that capture the sun's thermal energy.

20 Oct 2015

Tropical Species Could be Most Vulnerable to Climate Change

Climate change is perhaps felt most acutely in the Arctic right now, but by the start of the next century, animal species in the Amazon basin region will be harder hit as the Earth warms.

15 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop and Test Ecological Simplification Concept in Two River Landscapes

The basic principle behind most strategies aimed at renaturalising ecosystems is to increase biodiversity by restoring natural habitat structure, which should lead to improved ecosystem services in the process. These projects often do not result in the success researchers had hoped for because the complexity of ecological relationships is so vast that it is difficult to detect the precise ecological factors that have priority over the many others in a particular case.

15 Oct 2015

Researchers Warn About Hazards of Marine Plastic Pollution on Sea Turtles

A new global review led by the University of Exeter that set out to investigate the hazards of marine plastic pollution has warned that all seven species of marine turtles can ingest or become entangled in the discarded debris that currently litters the oceans.

12 Oct 2015

Ecology News

Warmer Temperatures Boost Biodiversity and Photosynthesis in Phytoplankton

Rock Weathering Could Help Stabilise Climate and Avert Ocean Acidification

Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton Important in Developing Climate Change Models

Computer Simulations Reveal Much More Complexity in Earth's First Ecosystems

UPM Engineers Improve Environmental Impact Assessment Technique for Mining Exploitation

Researchers Assess Effects of Land Use on Water Availability in Himalaya Mountain Basins

Study Reveals Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development is a Source of Land-Cover Change

Tropical Species Could be Most Vulnerable to Climate Change

Researchers Develop and Test Ecological Simplification Concept in Two River Landscapes

Researchers Warn About Hazards of Marine Plastic Pollution on Sea Turtles

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