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Tree Composition Impacts the Breeding Success of Urban Birds

Small passerine birds, like blue and great tits, resist breeding in urban areas because of the abundance of non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less when there are more non-native trees near the nest.

14 Feb 2023

New Global Perspective on Wetland Loss can Help Prioritize Conservation and Restoration Actions

Wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. A new study, published in Nature, has found that the loss of wetland areas around the globe since 1700 has likely been overestimated.

13 Feb 2023

Identifying the Climate Factors Driving Vegetation Change

Plant ecologists at the University of Bayreuth have revealed how global climate change is affecting the Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems in a study published in Nature Geoscience.

7 Feb 2023

Small Isolated Wetlands Outperform Connected Wetlands in Filtering Pollutants

Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for development or agriculture, but a new study shows that they can be twice as effective in protecting downstream lake or river ecosystems than if they were connected to them.

3 Feb 2023

Funding of £6 million Has Been Awarded to 20 Research Projects to Accelerate Decarbonisation of Industry

IDRIC, part of the UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC), has awarded close to £6 million to support the reduction of carbon emissions in the UK’s largest industrial clusters.

2 Feb 2023

Natural Hybridization Reduces the Risk of Extinction of Species

Genetic diversity is the raw material that allows populations to evolve in response to environmental changes—the more diversity, the better.

31 Jan 2023

An Analysis on Degradation of Amazon Environment

In two independent Reviews, researchers highlight the quick and insightful happening in the Amazon resulting from accelerating human activity.

27 Jan 2023

New Project to Support Climate Change Adaptation, Green Infrastructure, and Urban Design Planning

A new Horizon Europe project led by IIASA, called Urban ReLeaf, leverages citizen science for public sector innovation.

27 Jan 2023

New Process Increases the “Self-Cleaning” Ability of the Marine Atmosphere

Researchers recently provided new insights into the atmosphere’s “self-cleaning” ability.

20 Jan 2023

How Will Future Extreme Thermal Events Affect Land Vertebrates?

The world is currently experiencing a climate crisis. Heatwaves, for example, are becoming increasingly common, longer, and much more intense as a result. In 2022, for instance, heat waves reached alarming levels, breaking records in so many countries, and up to 15,000 people died.

20 Jan 2023