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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What happens to the NAO? – Recent statistical analyses reveal loss of predictability

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), this interplay between Azores High and Icelandic Low, is decisively influencing the winter climate on the Northern…

Enough water in the future? Research identifies solutions to potential user conflicts

What will happen to the “water tower of Europe” when tempera-tures rise and precipitation sinks in the future? Seeking an an-swer to such questions, the…

Study Finds Saving Lonely Species Is Important for the Environment

The lemur, Javan rhino and Santa Cruz kangaroo rat are all lonesome animals. As endemic species, they live in habitats restricted to a particular area due to…

Himalayan Viagra Fuels Caterpillar Fungus Gold Rush

Overwhelmed by speculators trying to cash-in on a prized medicinal fungus known as Himalayan Viagra, two isolated Tibetan communities have managed to do at the…

Study reveals startling decline in European birds

Bird populations across Europe have experienced sharp declines over the past 30 years, with the majority of losses from the most common species, say the…

European salamanders and newts vulnerable to fungal disease from Asia

The previously unknown fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans was discovered last year by researchers investigating a huge crash in the population of fire…

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