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Overexploitation, Climate Change Account for Major Decline in Global Oyster Population

An interdisciplinary team of scientists studying thousands of oyster shells along the Georgia coast, some as old as 4,500 years, has published new insights into how Native Americans sustained oyster harvests for thousands of years, observations that may lead to better management practices of oyster reefs today.

15 Jul 2020

Study Analyzes Impacts of Climate Change on Fish Stocks in Mediterranean Sea

Mathematical modelling inspired by social media is identifying the significant impacts of warming seas on the world's fisheries.

14 Jul 2020

Study Reports UK Government can Take New Approach to Recover its Fish Stocks

The United Kingdom has a unique opportunity to start rebuilding its fish stocks by taking advantage of the slowdown in commercial fishing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing Brexit negotiations, new research has shown.

14 Jul 2020

Climate Change has Enabled Crab Species to Alter Salt Marsh Ecosystems

A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.

14 Jul 2020

Deep-Sea Mining Poses Significant Risk to Midwater Ecosystems

Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown substantially in the last decade and mining activities are anticipated to begin soon.

10 Jul 2020

Disappearance of Kalahari Aardvarks can Devastate Other Animals in Ecosystem

Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because they are solitary, mostly active at night, and live in burrows.

10 Jul 2020

Heavy Rain After Drought Resets an Entire Ecosystem

Fish kills are a recurring phenomenon in lakes suffering from oxygen depletion. Often the kills are triggered by factors like an algae bloom, but now a new study reports on a new, climate-related cause of fish kills.

10 Jul 2020

Scientists Discover a Surprising Shift in the Arctic Ecosystem

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a surprising shift in the Arctic Ocean.

10 Jul 2020

Increased Loss of Grassland in Great Britain can Impact Ecosystems

A major loss of grassland and significant increases in urbanisation and woodland in Great Britain since 1990 have been revealed in a new scientific analysis of land cover changes across the country.

9 Jul 2020

Preservation of 30% of World's Land and Ocean can Help Mitigate Climate Change

In an independent report published today, an analysis from over 100 experts finds the benefits of protecting 30% of the planet outweigh the costs by a factor of at least 5:1.

9 Jul 2020