When hurricanes temporarily halt fishing, marine food webs recover quickly
Hurricane Harvey destroyed the fishing infrastructure of Aransas Bay and reduced fishing by 80% over the following year. This removed humans from the trophic cascade and whole food webs changed.
Sept. 15, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: environment fish ecology hurricane fishing food-webs research-brief marine-biology ecosystems texas cyclones gulf-coast trophic-cascade oyster-reefs
How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050
Wildlife populations have plummeted by 68% since 1970. But we have a plan to turn things around.
Sept. 14, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: conservation biodiversity agriculture wildlife ecosystem-services ecosystems biodiversity-loss sixth-mass-extinction food-systems
National parks may also preserve trait diversity
In addition to providing homes for endangered and threatened species, national parks can protect the trait diversity of mammals, new research finds.
Tags: conservation mammals endangered-species ecosystems earth-and-environment national-parks costa-rica
Protecting half of the planet is the best way to fight climate change and biodiversity loss – we've mapped the key places to do it
A new plan targets areas around the world that can store carbon and protect large numbers of species. It calls for preserving these lands, working with Indigenous peoples and connecting wild areas.
Sept. 8, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: climate-change conservation biodiversity indigenous-peoples endangered-species ecosystems wildlife-corridors earth-observation sixth-mass-extinction paris-climate-accord monitoring connectivity
The ocean’s chemistry isn’t the same everywhere
A new study overturns a 130-year-old assumption about the chemistry of seawater. The main finding? It's not stay the same across the whole ocean.
Tags: chemistry oceans ecosystems earth-and-environment salt ions
Elephant ‘highways’ pave the way to better conservation
Elephants trample through thick forest vegetation to get to water holes. The trails they make offer clues to better approaches to conservation.
Tags: conservation ecosystems elephants science-and-technology
Elephant ‘highways’ pave the way to better conservation
Elephants trample through thick forest vegetation to get to water holes. The trails they make offer clues to better approaches to conservation.
Tags: conservation ecosystems elephants science-and-technology
Avalanches inspire tool to predict ‘black swan’ events
By looking systems in which things suddenly go very wrong, researchers created a tool that could help predict the next gigantic global disaster.
Tags: economics data-science ecosystems algorithms prediction featured earth-and-environment health-and-medicine
Avalanches inspire tool to predict ‘black swan’ events
Looking at systems where things go very wrong suddenly, researchers have created a tool that could help predict the next gigantic global disaster.
Tags: economics data-science ecosystems algorithms prediction featured earth-and-environment health-and-medicine
Climate change may exacerbate allergies, autism
"Climate change has worsened respiratory allergic disease and has altered the immune system's tolerance in responding to toxins," says Xue Ming.
Tags: climate-change autism ecosystems allergies featured health-and-medicine autoimmune-diseases
Page 1 of 6