News articles tagged with 'ecosystem'
Penguins and sea lions help produce new atlas
— 17 Nov 2009 16:59 | BiologyRecording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society... — full story
Economists fail to account for 'natural capital' - report
— 15 Nov 2009 15:21 | EnvironmentMany economists are failing to assess the value of their countries' natural resources, putting billion's of people's well-being at risk and contributing to catastrophic species loss,... — full story
California's ancient kelp forest
— 12 Nov 2009 08:40 | BiologyThe kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are... — full story
Nitrogen loss threatens desert plant life, study shows
— 8 Nov 2009 12:08 | EnvironmentAs the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new Cornell study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today, say the researchers... — full story
Coral reefs inspire rare consensus - just save them
— 6 Nov 2009 12:12 | EnvironmentOne of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over... — full story
Climate variability impacts the deep sea
— 3 Nov 2009 10:56 | EnvironmentDeep-sea ecosystems occupying 60% of the Earth's surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming warn scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... — full story
UBC researchers find key microbial indicator of ocean health
— 26 Oct 2009 16:44 | HealthA team of researchers at the University of British Columbia, along with colleagues at the US Dept. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, has mapped the genome of a microbe that is silently... — full story
2-million-year-old evidence shows tool-making hominins inhabited grassland environments
— 21 Oct 2009 10:50 | Geology and palaeontologyIn an article published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE on 21 October, Dr Thomas Plummer of Queens College at the City University of New York, Dr Richard Potts of... — full story
New study provides insight on energy development and sage-grouse habitat in the intermountain West
— 18 Oct 2009 12:33 | EnvironmentA study released 14th October in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE will shed new light on oil and gas development potential in the Intermountain West. Maps accompanying... — full story
Some Canadian rivers at risk of drying up
— 15 Oct 2009 09:36 | EnvironmentSome Canadian rivers are at risk of drying up as impacts of climate change intersect with growing water demand from the country's cities, industries and agriculture, a new WWF report... — full story