K-Staters design and build a low-cost remote sensing tool for environmental studies
...earchers will have a way to collect data for small ecosystem sites at low altitudes and at very slow speeds. Un...imate. "Our role is to study the tallgrass prairie ecosystem and how land management impacts that ecosystem. In Kansas, we're interested in how management decisi...Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
...ults in profound impacts on other organisms in the ecosystem and greatly impedes the likelihood of recovery. "Unfortunately it may be too late to save many of these reefs but this research shows the importance of countries tackling greenhouse gas emissions and trying to reduce global warming and its effect on...African symposium to focus on how nature can help alleviate poverty
...of African biodiversity; assessing and valuing the ecosystem services it provides; and using debt relief to pro...ter, food, natural resources and other benefits of ecosystem services," said Russell A. Mittermeier, president of Conservation International, which is organizing...Using satellite observations to study photosynthetic trends in northern circumpolar high latitudes
... tree rings, and improvements in process models of ecosystem responses to climate change. According to Scott Goetz, a senior scientist at the Center and co-author of the paper, "This work extends our previous analyses by specifically considering issues of vegetation type and density over this vast region, as...Colombian frog believed extinct found alive
...nes of up to 50 percent. Frogs provide innumerable ecosystem services by consuming insects and serving as indicators of overall environmental health of an ecosystem. The disappearance of amphibians could cause numerous consequences, including an increase in illnesses such as malaria due to the disappearance of...Brazil creates buffer zone around coral reefs off Atlantic coast
...angrove forests and restinga (a uniquely Brazilian ecosystem of sparsely vegetated sand ridges) and a complex of small islands, coral and algal reefs. Its natural resources directly support more than 100,000 people. Since 1996, CI-Brazil has conducted biological monitoring at Abrolhos National Marine Park, inc...Iraq's marshes show progress toward recovery
...aboration with Iraqi scientists, estimated overall ecosystem health. Richardson and Hussain report that 39 perc...nd functions seem to indicate that the recovery of ecosystem function is well under way. Richardson and Hussain are not complacent about the marshes' future, how......l the protected status is helping the Florida Keys ecosystem rebound from decades of overfishing. Reporters ar...d US$6 billion in economic activity in 2005. These ecosystem goods and services, however, are threatened by increased exploitation and environmental changes from...Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species
...s global warming, will not only affect the way the ecosystem functions, but also how life will evolve and hence how diversity is distributed across the planet." One of the novel insights in the paper is the finding that the energy required to produce a new species is a fixed quantity. "These authors are changi...Damaged Iraq marshes show renewed signs of life
...nd functions seem to indicate that the recovery of ecosystem function is well under way," he said. But the marshes still face problems, said Richardson, a professor of resource ecology at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and chief science adviser to the USAID efforts to restore the ...Beaver dams create healthy downstream ecosystems
...ecies and influencing the overall diversity of the ecosystem in the future. They suggest that although there are multiple explanations for the reduction in beaver population, such as alterations in the flow along the Colorado River, similar hydrologic effects downstream likely affect river systems worldwide....Carnegie's Global Ecology inks partnership with Japanese satellite firm
... imaging technology for forestry, agriculture, and ecosystem dynamics. While at Carnegie, ImageONE's engineer, Mr. Masahiro Negishi, will work one-on-one with the newly hired staff member to learn technology such as hyperspectral image analysis. Mr. Negishi will establish a network with Carnegie scientists, fa...A new initiative in biodiversity research
... devices designed to record as much data about the ecosystem functions as possible. They will be distributed between grassland and woodland in such a way as to cover a broad a range of land use scenarios, ranging from semi-natural to intensively used land. Although the experiments will initially concentrate on...Coral death results from bacteria fed by algae
...ive and support more species than any other marine ecosystem on the planet. While more reefs die every year due to an onslaught of human impacts, many scientists are hopeful that it is not too late to stop the destruction. She mentioned that there is a lot of excitement within the scientific community to begin...Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier
...feature on the earth's surface and it's an extreme ecosystem that could be a good model for how life first begins in a harsh environment." The spring has also attracted the attention of the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, which are helping to fund the expedition, because it likely provides the best example on...Global warming may warrant new approaches to ecosystem restoration
...anging environment must be considered. Using past ecosystem conditions as targets and references may be ineffective under new conditions. In addition, there may be less support in the future for longer-term, traditional restoration projects. The authors suggest that, "more consideration and debate needs to...Cornell researchers find serious fish virus in Northeast for first time
...ke perch and crappie equally at risk. "In a large ecosystem -- we're talking about the lower Great Lakes -- there really is no treatment," said Bowser. "The best management option is to try and contain the spread of it as best we can." Hot summer weather impacts how the virus spreads because warmer water can...African symposium to focus on how nature can help alleviate poverty
...of African biodiversity; assessing and valuing the ecosystem services it provides; using debt relief to properl...ter, food, natural resources and other benefits of ecosystem services," said CI President Russell A. Mittermeier. "The challenge is how to maximize these benefit...European commission earmarks 12 million for plant growth research
... carbon assimilation and essential determinants of ecosystem productivity. Given their crucial role for mankind, we must improve our knowledge about the biology of plants. AGRON-OMICS But, times are changing and novel technologies are now being developed to systematically study complex biological processes. ......ies in a particular location to protect the marine ecosystem within their boundaries. This new analysis provides an evaluation of the world's coral reef MPAs based on their regulations on extraction, prevention of poaching, incidence of external human threats such as pollution, coastal development and overfish...