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UC Riverside Receives $350,000 to Establish Urban Water Innovation Network

The University of California, Riverside is one of 14 academic institutions and key partners across the United States that are addressing the challenges threatening urban water systems in the United States and around the world. These institutions, led by Colorado State University, have just received $12 million from the National Science Foundation to establish the Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN).

3 Aug 2015

Advanced Climate Model Simulations Show Broad Disagreement in Annual CO2 Sequestration Amount in Northern Eurasia

In a new assessment of nine state-of-the-art climate model simulations provided by major international modeling centers, Michael Rawlins at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues found broad disagreement in the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) annually sequestered in tundra and boreal ecosystems of Northern Eurasia, a vast, understudied region of the world.

30 Jul 2015

Stadium Lighting Could Have Cascading Effects on Organisms and Ecosystem

A new Animal Conservation study shows that sports stadium lighting can alter patterns of bat species activity and feeding, which may in turn have cascading effects on other organisms and the ecosystem as a whole.

27 Jul 2015

Study Reveals Increased Ocean Acidification Could Dramatically Affect Global Populations of Phytoplankton

Oceans have absorbed up to 30 percent of human-made carbon dioxide around the world, storing dissolved carbon for hundreds of years. As the uptake of carbon dioxide has increased in the last century, so has the acidity of oceans worldwide.

22 Jul 2015

Hotter Temperatures, More Rain-Free Days Increase Likelihood of Forest Fires

When it comes to forest fires, the weather matters.

21 Jul 2015

Study Shows Decline in Ocean Productivity Due to Rising Water Temperatures

Human-induced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the atmosphere are projected to rise to up to 30 gigatonnes of carbon per year by 2100, assuming a "business-as-usual" scenario. As a result, global mean temperatures are projected to increase by almost five degrees Celsius.

20 Jul 2015

Urban Wildlife Should be Cherished for the Ecological Benefits

Urban wildlife such as deer, foxes and badgers should be cherished for the ecological benefits they bring to towns and cities, rather than feared as potentially harmful pests, scientists argue in a new report.

17 Jul 2015

Human-Caused Changes to the Environment Causing Dramatic Breakdown in Ecosystem Behavior

A collection of fossilized owl pellets in Utah suggests that when the Earth went through a period of rapid warming about 13,000 years ago, the small mammal community was stable and resilient, even as individual species changed along with the habitat and landscape.

15 Jul 2015

Expansion of Rubber Plantations Drastically Reduces Soil Productivity, Water Availability, and Biodiversity

Increasing amounts of environmentally valuable and protected land are being cleared for rubber plantations that are economically unsustainable, new research suggests. More widespread monitoring is vital to design policy that protects livelihoods and environments.

9 Jul 2015

Fish Production Masks Ultimate Rapid Loss as Fish Diversity of Complex Marine Food Webs Decline

New mathematics model shows that as the fish diversity of complex marine food webs declines, fish production resists the change, masking ultimate rapid loss

8 Jul 2015