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Analyzing Seagrass Ecosystem Multifunctionality

A new study performed has shown that sea turtles have been overharvested in the past, leading to their threatened population status.

7 Nov 2022

Protected Areas Serving as Climate Change Refuges for Biodiversity

As per the latest Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, climate change is becoming a major risk to biodiversity.

3 Nov 2022

New Approach to Explain the Vulnerability of Species

A new analysis considers natural fluctuations and predictability to evaluate which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disturbances.

1 Nov 2022

Warming Temperatures and Ocean Acidification may Spur Ecosystem-Altering Changes

The Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) is a foundational and beneficial species in the intertidal environments of the northern Pacific Ocean. Comparative physiologists have recently studied how two aspects of climate change-;warming temperatures and increasingly acidic waters-;may affect this ecologically important species.

31 Oct 2022

Warmer Temperatures and Increased Salt Levels may Negatively Affect School Sharks

Preliminary research data suggest warmer temperatures and increased salt levels might have negative effects on the behavior and physiology of school sharks. A clear indicator of physiological changes is higher levels of stress markers such as glucose and lactate concentrations in the blood.

31 Oct 2022

Mathematical Model Estimates Monito's Survival Rates in the Advent of Global Warming

A South American marsupial with ties to an ancient line of animals may go extinct in the next half-century due to warming temperatures. Researchers from the Universidad Austral de Chile will present a mathematical model of the monito del monte's survival predictions this week at the American Physiological Society (APS) Intersociety Meeting in Comparative Physiology: From Organism to Omics in an Uncertain World conference in San Diego.

31 Oct 2022

Ocean Warming Harms Food Security, Increases the Growth Rate of Fish

Higher temperatures spurred by worsening climate change increased the growth rate of fish and consumption of their yolk sac-;a structure that provides an embryo with food and helps develop important structures, such as blood cells.

31 Oct 2022

Lifelike Cement-Based Structures to Accelerate Recovery of the Coral Reef Ecosystem

Beautiful coral reefs in Thai seas have been gradually deteriorating due to global warming that causes coral bleaching, in addition to certain human activities without proper control and environmental consciousness.

28 Oct 2022

“Battle Plan” to Prevent Insect Losses Across the Globe

Experts argue that humans should stop thinking of insects as creepy crawlies and instead concentrate on the enormous benefits they provide to humanity and the natural world.

26 Oct 2022

Ena City, NGK, Ricoh, and IHI to Start Trial Project for Decarbonization and Economic Circulation System

Ena City (Gifu Prefecture; Mayor: Takane Kosaka), NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (hereinafter “NGK”), Ricoh Company, Ltd. (hereinafter “Ricoh”), and IHI Corporation (hereinafter “IHI”) will start a trial project in October 2022 for a decarbonization and economic circulation system.

26 Oct 2022