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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SDSC Assists Researchers in Novel Wildlife Tracking Project

A team including researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research has developed a novel…

Die-offs of band-tailed pigeons connected to newly discovered parasite

Scientists were able to implicate this new parasite, along with the ancient parasite Trichomonas gallinae, in the recent deaths of thousands of Pacific Coast…

New Spawning Reefs to Boost Native Fish in St. Clair River

The new reefs will be built this summer and fall at two locations on the St. Clair. The goal of the University of Michigan-led project is to boost fish…

From despair to repair: Dramatic decline of Caribbean corals can be reversed

With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers…

Kudzu can release soil carbon, accelerate global warming

In a paper published in the scientific journal New Phytologist, plant ecologist Nishanth Tharayil and graduate student Mioko Tamura show that invasive plants…

Video games could provide venue for exploring sustainability concepts

Video games have the potential to educate the public and encourage development of creative solutions to social, economic and environmental problems, said…

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