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Study Unlocks Mystery Surrounding Unique Aquatic Insects in Flathead Watershed

In a new study published in the scientific journal Ecology, researchers from the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station may have unlocked a mystery surrounding unique aquatic insects in the Flathead watershed.

2 Jul 2020

Novel Technology can Detect Adulterated Food

A University of Central Florida researcher is developing new technology to make sure people are getting the food they think they're eating.

2 Jul 2020

Elevated Noise can be Stressful to Toadfish

A new study published in the Journal Environmental Pollution by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that the Ultra Music Festival was likely stressful to toadfish.

2 Jul 2020

Light Pollution can Alter Foraging Behavior, Migration Patterns of Animals

Light pollution is increasingly being recognized as yet another of humanity's many impacts on the rest of the natural world.

2 Jul 2020

Researchers Investigate Alternative Protein Sources in Food Production

Worldwide there is a growing demand for animal products for human nutrition, despite vegan and vegetarian diets becoming more popular in Western countries.

2 Jul 2020

Integrated Pest Management can Support Sustainable Cropping Systems

CABI has partnered with leading researchers and institutions to launch a new portal that facilitates global research collaboration to help fight the devastating crop pest fall armyworm.

2 Jul 2020

Sustainable Agricultural Practices can Prevent Damages to Natural Ecosystems

Scientists have shown how even low doses of neonicotinoid insecticides, as they may realistically occur in contaminated soils, adversely affect the development of black garden ants.

2 Jul 2020

Sydney Flicks the Switch to 100% Green Power

From today, The City of Sydney will be powered using 100 per cent renewable electricity, generated from wind and solar farms in regional NSW.

1 Jul 2020

Local and Landscape Level is Key to Promote the Habitat of Wild Bees

Sowing strips of wildflowers along conventional cereal fields and the increased density of flowers in organic farming encourage bumblebees as well as solitary wild bees and hoverflies.

1 Jul 2020

New Study Quantifies the Volume of Plastic from European Countries

New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries that contributes to ocean littering from exported recycling.

1 Jul 2020

Roadside Hedges Reduce Pollution Exposure for Humans

Roadside hedges take a hit to their health while reducing pollution exposure for humans, a new study from the University of Surrey finds.

1 Jul 2020

Researchers Solve a Controversial Questions on Photosynthesis

By developing innovative methods to visualize energy changes in subcellular compartments in live plants, the team of Dr Boon Leong LIM, Associate Professor of the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong, recently solved a controversial question in photosynthesis: what is the source of NADH for mitochondria to generate ATP? The results were just published in the journal Nature Communications.

1 Jul 2020

Ecosystems do Not Respond Universally to Fishing

In a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, an international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to temperate marine ecosystems.

1 Jul 2020

Study Calls for Economic and Disaster-Mitigating Measures to Conserve Coral Reefs

Prediction of storm surges and peak wave heights using advanced high-resolution modeling reveals the important role of offshore reefs in protecting coastal zones.

1 Jul 2020

Tissue Succulence Engineering Method can Prove Useful for Food and Bioenergy Crops

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the effects of drought.

1 Jul 2020