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Study Reveals Impacts of Forest Cover Loss on Global Biodiversity

New international research reveals the far-reaching impacts of forest cover loss on global biodiversity.

19 Jun 2020

Can you See the Stars? Who has the Darkest Skies?

Tell us what you can see on the longest night, help us map Australia’s light pollution, and set a world record.

18 Jun 2020

Animal Dung Can Alter Aquatic Ecosystems

In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, for example in Kenya the hippos by large herds of cattle.

17 Jun 2020

Pollution in Tunisia's Coastal Lagoons can have Negative Effects on Carpet Shell Clams

Transitional waters, those situated between land and the sea, such as lagoons and estuaries, are more exposed to human activity and these waters are slowly refreshed, meaning that their ecosystems are more vulnerable to pollution.

17 Jun 2020

Agroforestry can Produce More Food in Environmentally, Sustainable Way

Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time.

17 Jun 2020

Studies Explore Link Between Sea Surface and Carbon Sequestration in Deep Ocean

For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities at a research site called Station M, located 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) below the ocean's surface and 290 kilometers (180 miles) off the coast of Central California.

17 Jun 2020

Bacterioplankton in Oceans Reveal a Great Deal About the Health of Marine Ecosystems

The communities of tiny picoplankton in oceans reveal a great deal about the health of marine ecosystems and food webs.

16 Jun 2020

Sea Otters Drive Huge Transformations to their Local Ecosystems

Since their reintroduction to the Pacific coast in the 1970s, the sea otters' rapid recovery and voracious appetite for tasty shellfish such as urchins, clams and crabs has brought them into conflict with coastal communities and fishers, who rely on the same valuable fisheries for food and income.

15 Jun 2020

Eels can act as Surrogate Species for Biodiversity Conservation in Freshwater Rivers

An international research team has conducted a field survey on two species of eel native to Japan and other organisms that share the same habitat, revealing for the first time in the world that these eels can act as comprehensive surrogate species for biodiversity conservation in freshwater rivers.

12 Jun 2020

New Initiative to Study Ecosystem Tipping Cascades in the Arctic Marine Environment

The ambitious new ECOTIP initiative has received €6.36 million from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme to study ecosystem tipping cascades in the Arctic marine environment.

11 Jun 2020