Environment

Mar 12, 2019 09:51 AM EDT

Unprecedented number of warm-water species moved northward during marine heatwave

Tropical species near San Francisco? New range limit records indicate future face of California coast

Mar 12, 2019 08:33 AM EDT

Ancient records prompt rethink of animal evolution timeline

Scientists are rethinking a major milestone in animal evolution, after gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago.

A School Of Yellow-Lined Goatfish (IMAGE)

Mar 09, 2019 08:57 AM EST

Coral reef parks protecting only 40 percent of fish biomass potential

Marine scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups examining the ecological status of coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans have uncovered an unsettling fact: even the best coral reef marine parks contain less than half of the fish biomass found in the most remote reefs that lie far from human settlements.

Mar 09, 2019 08:30 AM EST

Biologists have studied enzymes that help wheat to fight fungi

Scientists studied reaction of wheat to damage caused by pathogenic fungi

Mar 08, 2019 10:24 AM EST

Scientists find mystery killer whales off Cape Horn, Chile

In January 2019, an international team of scientists working off the tip of southern Chile got their first live look at what might be a new species of killer whale. Called Type D, the whales were previously known only from a beach stranding more than 60 years ago, fishermen's stories, and tourist photographs.

Mar 07, 2019 08:59 AM EST

Youngest palm fossil brings new insight to topography of Tibet

The concept of a "proto-Tibetan Plateau" suggests that the central part of Tibet was flat 35-40 million years ago. However, it has been challenged by the latest discovery of palm fossils in central Tibet.

Mar 07, 2019 08:45 AM EST

Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt

In a finding that may help scientists better predict sea-level rise in a warming world, Brown University researchers have found an underappreciated factor that controls the rate at which Greenland's ice sheet melts.

Mar 07, 2019 08:41 AM EST

Fish diversity linked to Caribbean coral reef health

The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that do so, according to a new study by scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. In the Science Advances paper, the researchers untangle and unveil the powerful effects that biodiversity has on Caribbean coral reefs.

Mar 06, 2019 01:00 PM EST

Ecological vineyards help protecting bird population in the environment

Benefits of ecological crops

Mar 06, 2019 12:58 PM EST

Vast record of past climate fluctuations now available thanks to laser imaging of shells

Refined techniques for laser imaging of shell growth rings are tapping into previously hidden data of marine climate change; by examining human and ecological responses to those changes, we learn more about what to expect from climate change in the future

Mar 05, 2019 09:29 AM EST

Thousands of tiny quakes shake Antarctic ice at night

Scientists record seismic phenomenon that may help track melting glaciers

Mar 05, 2019 08:36 AM EST

Climate change is leading to unpredictable ecosystem disruption for migratory birds

Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology say that, in as little as four decades, it may be very difficult to predict how climate change will affect migratory bird populations and the ecosystems they inhabit.

Dried Pipefish and Seahorses on Sale in Hong Kong (IMAGE)

Mar 05, 2019 08:03 AM EST

Despite export bans global seahorse trade continues

National legislation as well as bans under the international CITES agreement not slowing the trade in seahorse products

Mar 04, 2019 09:52 AM EST

Climate change is shifting productivity of fisheries worldwide

Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world's population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on fisheries. But climate change is beginning to disrupt the complex, interconnected systems that underpin this major source of food.

Mar 04, 2019 09:20 AM EST

Want to save the planet? Stop trying to be its friend

People tend to judge their environmental impact using moral intuition evolved to handle social exchange -- but these tree huggers may be doing more harm than good, say researchers