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Study Suggests Ways to Build More Resilient and Diverse Ecosystems

The findings identify critical weaknesses in current tree-planting strategies in cities across the United States and suggest ways to build more resilient and diverse ecosystems.

28 Sep 2022

Climate Change Could Increase Suitable Habitat for Invasive Stink Bug

A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change.

27 Sep 2022

Coral Genome Reveals Pathway for Cysteine Biosynthesis

Researchers have discovered a high-quality genome present in coral, reveling a new pathway for animal cysteine biosynthesis.

26 Sep 2022

Termites may Play a Larger Role in Global Wood Decomposition as Temperatures Warm

Most people think termites are a nuisance that consume wood in homes and businesses. But those termites represent less than 4 percent of all termite species worldwide.

26 Sep 2022

WHOI-led Project on Coral Reef Tech Awarded $5M from NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) $5 million to participate in NSF’s groundbreaking Convergence Accelerator Program.

22 Sep 2022

Discovering how Surface Soil Bacteria React to Climate Change

The global carbon cycle is affected by the bacteria present in the surface-level soil, but these microbes are also sensitive to the environmental changes that occur.

21 Sep 2022

Future Climate Change May Impact Marine Ecosystems

Scientists have conducted extensive research and discovered that future climate change might impact delicate marine ecosystems.

21 Sep 2022

Wildfire Smoke May Intensify Arctic Phytoplankton Bloom

A new study suggests that smoke from a Siberian wildfire might have delivered sufficient nitrogen to parts of the Arctic Ocean to intensify a phytoplankton bloom.

20 Sep 2022

New Reason to Protect Mangrove Forests

Mangrove forests have been silently keeping carbon out of the Earth’s atmosphere for the past 5,000 years, according to researchers, who have discovered a new reason to preserve them.

19 Sep 2022

CGG Joins UK Consortium Project Assessing Ecosystem Impact of Offshore Windfarms

CGG is acting as a special technical partner in an innovative consortium research project led by Bangor University to identify opportunities that benefit biodiversity and the conservation of species around offshore windfarms whilst also supporting windfarm developers to design long-term environmental monitoring strategies.

From Viridien 15 Sep 2022