News tagged with ecosystem impact
Wenchuan earthquake mudslides emit greenhouse gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Mudslides that followed the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake, ranked by the US Geological Survey as the 11th deadliest earthquake ever recorded, may cause a carbon-dioxide release in upcoming decades equivalent to two ...
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Study Links Photosynthesis Genes to Marine Virus Fitness
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent Northeastern University study has shown, for the first time, the effect of individual genes on the fitness of a marine species at the ecosystem level. Using his innovative computer simulation model, ...
Airborne ecologists help balance delicate African ecosystem
Mar 02, 2009 |
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The African savanna is world famous for its wildlife, especially the iconic large herbivores such as elephants, zebras, and giraffes. But managing these ecosystems and balancing the interests of the large ...
Study offers new paradigm on ecosystem ecology
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Feb 14, 2008 |
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Predators have considerably more influence than plants over how an ecosystem functions, according to a Yale study published today in Science.
How much is nature worth?
Nov 13, 2009 |
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How much is nature worth? £1 billion? £100 billion? £1 trillion? The loss of our forests and biodiversity in general could cost us between £1.2-2.8 trillion a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, who is giving ...
Eat up all of your Brussels sprouts -- unless you're an aphid
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Feb 07, 2008 |
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Aphids that eat Brussels sprouts are smaller than normal and live in undersized populations, which has a negative knock-on effect up the food chain according to new research published today in Science.
Drug used to treat skin conditions is a marine pollutant
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Clotrimazole is a common ingredient in over-the-counter skin creams. Recent results from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, now show that it is associated with major environmental risks.
Ozone: Climate change boosts ultraviolet risk for high latitudes
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Sep 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Toronto have discovered that changes in the Earth's ozone layer due to climate change will reduce the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in northern high ...
Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A rare April freeze in 2007 provided researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems.
How an Antarctic worm makes antifreeze and what that has to do with climate change
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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Two Brigham Young University researchers who just returned from Antarctica are reporting a hardy worm that withstands its cold climate by cranking out antifreeze. And when its notoriously dry home runs out ...
Maths model helps to unravel relationship between nutrients and biodiversity
Sep 10, 2008 |
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The level of nutrients in soil determines how many different kinds of plants and trees can thrive in an ecosystem, according to new research published by biologists and mathematicians today (10 September) in Nature.
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