News articles tagged with 'ecosystem' (Page 35)
New, rare and threatened species discovered in Ghana
— 7 Dec 2007 00:47 | BiologyScientists exploring one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in Western Africa discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species underscoring the…
New research discredits a US$ 100 billion fix to global warming
— 4 Dec 2007 21:36 | EnvironmentScientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilise the ocean to solve global warming, a projected US$ 100 billion venture…
Environmental researchers propose radical human-centric map of the world
— 27 Nov 2007 06:03 | EnvironmentEcologists pay too much attention to increasingly rare 'pristine' ecosystems while ignoring the overwhelming influence of humans on the environment, say researchers from McGill University…
Species extinction could reduce productivity of plants by half
— 6 Nov 2007 08:28 | EnvironmentAn international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and contain fewer…
Why do so many species live in tropical forests and coral reefs?
— 31 Oct 2007 09:30 | BiologyThe latest development in a major debate over a controversial hypothesis of biodiversity and species abundance is the subject of a paper to be published in the 1 November 2007 issue…
Dead clams tell many tales
— 30 Oct 2007 04:43 | Geology and palaeontologyInventories of living and dead organisms could serve as a relatively fast, simple and inexpensive preliminary means of assessing human impact on ecosystems. The University of Chicago's…
Guided by nature: Cuban birds and their relationship with wetlands
— 25 Oct 2007 17:00 | BiologyThe Bird Guide, 'Common birds of Cuban wetlands,' catalogued as the first pocket guide written in Cuba and a fundamental tool for bird identification and monitoring in natural areas…
The conservation lens
— 24 Oct 2007 21:08 | EnvironmentThe definition of conservation priorities for biodiversity often focuses only on the numbers of vertebrate animals and seed plants in the northern hemisphere or in the tropics. But…
Coastal habitats are the most imperilled ecosystems
— 18 Oct 2007 10:56 | EnvironmentThe BBVA Foundation's Third Debate on Conservation Biology, organised jointly with the Cap Salines Coastal Research Station (Imedea-CSIC and University of the Balearic Islands), was…
Upper Midwest forests are losing diversity and complexity
— 17 Oct 2007 13:42 | EnvironmentForests in the nation's Upper Midwest have changed greatly since the time of the early settlers. And more changes may be coming. That's according to research done by Lisa A. Schulte,…