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UCSB Researchers Show Significant Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation

In California's Sierra Nevada mountains, as more precipitation falls in the form of rain rather than snow, and the snowpack melts earlier in spring, it's important for water managers to know when and how much water will be available for urban and agricultural needs and for the environment in general.

31 Aug 2016

New Research Suggests that Repeated Human Occupation Enhances Temperate Rainforest Productivity

Human occupation is usually associated with deteriorated landscapes, but new research shows that 13,000 years of repeated occupation by British Columbia's coastal First Nations has had the opposite effect, enhancing temperate rainforest productivity.

31 Aug 2016

Plants Retain More Moisture in High CO2 Conditions than Previously Predicted

As a multiyear drought grinds on in the Southwestern United States, many wonder about the impact of global climate change on more frequent and longer dry spells. As humans emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, how will water supply for people, farms, and forests be affected?

30 Aug 2016

Plant Trait Diversity May Enable the Amazon Forests to Adjust to Some Level of Climate Change

A forest with greater diversity of plants can better adjust to climatic stress. Now for the first time, a team of scientists can show this in computer simulations of the Amazon region by accounting for its amazing diversity of trees.

30 Aug 2016

Hydro-Québec to Contribute Funds to Studies Related to Climate Change, Energy and Environment

Hydro-Québec Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and Secretary General CEO Éric Martel announced today that Hydro-Québec will provide a total of CA$100,000 over a two-year period to a research initiative spearheaded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the climate change think tank, Ouranos, located in Montréal, and the business school HEC Montréal (HEC), also in Montreal.

29 Aug 2016

New Study Provides Insights into Long-Term Impacts of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Plants

Plants are adapting to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide according to a new study from the University of Southampton

25 Aug 2016

Researchers Create Dual Platform Capable of Detecting Pollutants in Water Bodies

The World Health Organization (WHO) describes contaminated water and the poor hygiene associated with this for the transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio.

22 Aug 2016

Certain Aquatic Ferns Demonstrate Impressive Ability to Selectively Absorb Oil from Contaminated Water

Certain varieties of aquatic floating weeds demonstrate an impressive ability to selectively absorb oil from contaminated water. These plants, which are often regarded as a nuisance, could in fact provide an extremely convenient way of cleaning up messy oil spills.

17 Aug 2016

International Study Reveals Earliest Land Plants are Responsible for Earth’s Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere

The evolution of the first land plants including mosses may explain a long-standing mystery of how Earth’s atmosphere became enriched with oxygen, according to an international study led by the University of Exeter.

16 Aug 2016

Study Reveals Community Diversity Influences Plant’s Response to Carbon Dioxide Levels

A recent study published in Nature Communications has stated that plants that have reached a stage of evolution wherein they can withstand high levels of carbon dioxide do not grow effectively when they are moved to other plant community with different environmental conditions.

12 Aug 2016

Ecosystems News

UCSB Researchers Show Significant Impacts of Climate Change on Vegetation

New Research Suggests that Repeated Human Occupation Enhances Temperate Rainforest Productivity

Plants Retain More Moisture in High CO2 Conditions than Previously Predicted

Plant Trait Diversity May Enable the Amazon Forests to Adjust to Some Level of Climate Change

Hydro-Québec to Contribute Funds to Studies Related to Climate Change, Energy and Environment

New Study Provides Insights into Long-Term Impacts of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Plants

Researchers Create Dual Platform Capable of Detecting Pollutants in Water Bodies

Certain Aquatic Ferns Demonstrate Impressive Ability to Selectively Absorb Oil from Contaminated Water

International Study Reveals Earliest Land Plants are Responsible for Earth’s Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere

Study Reveals Community Diversity Influences Plant’s Response to Carbon Dioxide Levels

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