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Climate Change to Impact Carbon-Rich Ecosystem, Finds Study

At the University of Portsmouth, scientists state that a “one size fits all” method to conserving mangrove forests will not work as a new study discloses a fragile blue carbon system.

24 Jun 2022

Habitat Changes Along the Atlantic Coast Will Release Even More Carbon Into the Atmosphere, Study Predicts

A new modeling study headed by scientists at Duke University has found that increasing sea levels make marshes shift inland in six mid-Atlantic states, and the coastal zone will not remain to act as a carbon sink but liberate more carbon into the air.

24 Jun 2022

Study Suggests the Need for Active Stewardship to Tackle Climate Change

According to a new study performed, the need to deal with climate change has turned out to be all the more pressing and so too does the simultaneous requirement for proactive stewardship of the quickly altering biosphere of the Earth.

24 Jun 2022

Soil Microbes Underpin Ecosystem Restoration

Robust long-term ecosystem restoration relies not just on replanting native vegetation but on the recovery of underlying soil biodiversity – yet this area has received little attention and is poorly understood, Flinders University researchers say.

22 Jun 2022

Scientists Urge More Attention on Chemicals and Other Contaminants in the Global Biodiversity Framework

Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) is part of an international group of scientists who published a joint letter in the June 17 issue of Science, just prior to the next round of international negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (June 21-26 in Nairobi, Kenya).

20 Jun 2022

Air Pollutants from Wildfire Smoke Affect the Health of Dairy Cows

Increasing frequency and size of wildfires in the United States over the past several decades affect everything from human life and health to air quality, biodiversity, and land use.

17 Jun 2022

Monitoring Distant Coral Reefs is Now Possible Using a Standardized Method for Measuring Calcium Carbonate

Marine scientists are benefitted from a blueprint that helps them quantify calcium carbonate on the ocean floor. Also, it aids in tracking the health of coral reefs throughout the world.

16 Jun 2022

Giving Metals to Microbes in Aquatic Ecosystems may Mitigate the Release of Nitrous Oxide

Like you and me, microbes need some metals in their diet to stay healthy. The metals help the microbes fully "digest" food. After a good meal, the microbes that gain energy by chemically reducing nitrate release a harmless byproduct: nitrogen, the gas that makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere.

16 Jun 2022

Changes in Temperature and Plate Tectonics Determine Distribution of Coral Over Time

A new study has disclosed the fact that pre-historic coral reefs going back up to 250 million years extended much beyond the Earth’s equator compared to what is there at present.

15 Jun 2022