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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Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years

A study led by the University of Plymouth examined the extent to which items of the ever-popular children's toy were worn down in the marine environment.

Wearing clothes could release more microfibers to the environment than washing them

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials of the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR) and…

Microplastics affect the survival of amphibians and invertebrates in river ecosystems

Concern about contamination caused by microplastics is growing; owing to their abundance, ubiquity and persistence over time, microplastics pose a potential…

Heat islands in cities: Every tree counts

The warmest winter since weather records began is just coming to an end. The average temperature was 3.4 degrees Celsius above the average for the years 1981…

Researchers are using a new method to determine how resistant rivers are to drought

“We are seeing that different rivers react very differently to a lack of precipitation,” says the author of the study, Dr. Michael Stölzle from Environmental…

CO2 tracking in space

Cities are veritable CO2 spinners, but how much emission is actually emitted can hardly be reliably determined at present. Current estimates are based on…

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