Ecology, The Environment and Conservation

This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.

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Waters are more polluted than tests say: Standard toxicity analyses come up short

If a small crustacean does not grow properly, this can affect its reproduction. And if it is no longer able to move normally, it cannot flee from predators or…

Don't forget plankton in climate change models, says study

A new study from the University of Exeter, published in the journal Ecology Letters, found that phytoplankton – microscopic water-borne plants – can rapidly…

Using sphere packing models to explain the structure of forests

For over one hundred years, the distribution of different sizes of trees in forests has been one of the core attributes recorded by foresters and ecologists…

Taking a molecular approach to conserving freshwater biodiversity

By applying DNA sequencing and related tools, molecular ecologists can collaborate with other ecologists, especially in the fields of species distribution…

Faster digestion in kangaroos reduces methane emissions

Animals produce methane during the digestion process – some more than others. Currently, around 20 percent of the world’s methane emissions stem from…

The Sun is brightening- but not in China

In the world as a whole, surface solar radiation has increased since 1990, although in China, it has decreased.

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