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.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.

No single explanation for biodiversity in Madagascar

No single “one-size-fits-all” model can explain how biodiversity hotspots come to be, finds a study of more than 700 species of reptiles and amphibians on the…

Mineralization of sand particles boosts microbial water filtration

“We find an overwhelmingly positive effect of mineral deposits on microbial activity and density,” says corresponding author Barth F. Smets, of the Technical…

Migrating animals' pee affects ocean chemistry

University of Washington researchers have found that this regular migration helps shape our oceans. During the daylight hours below the surface the animals…

Balancing birds and biofuels: Grasslands support more species than cornfields

In a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) scientists examined…

River flow by design: environmental flows support ecosystem services in rivers natural and novel

Last spring, the Colorado River reached its delta for the first time in 16 years, flowing into Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of California after wetting 70 miles…

Penguins Use Their Personalities to Prepare for Climate Change

According to the Audubon Society, nearly half of all North American bird species are severely threatened by shifts in climate. The threat reaches beyond North…

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