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Loss of biodiversity limits toxin degradation
2014-01-17 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: You might not think of microbes when you consider biodiversity, but it turns out that even a moderate loss of less than 5% of soil microbes may compromise some key ecosystem functions and could lead to lower degradation of toxins in the environment. Research published today in the SfAM journal, Environmental Microbiology, reports that without a rich diversity of soil bacteria, specialized functions such as the removal of pesticide residues are not as effective. Dr Brajesh Singh of the University...
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Safe Havens Needed For Biodiversity In A Changed Climate
2014-01-14 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A new approach to identify potential refugia in declining rainfall environments has been developed by a team of scientists lead by Dr. Tom Schut of Wageningen University. The new technique, described in a recent issue of PLoS ONE, involves Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) instruments. The technique is able to translate a traditional plot observation to the entire landscape. According to Dr. Grant Wardell-Johnson of Curtain University, this enabled the scientists to apply expected future changes...
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Global climate game abandons biodiversity
2013-12-20 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: The latest climate talks in Warsaw may have achieved little in the way of action on climate change, but they were even worse for biodiversity. In fact, since early climate talks in the 1990s, biodiversity has vanished from international and Australian climate policy. So, why has biodiversity become decoupled from climate change? Biodiversity, carbons forgotten partner Biodiversity is the global blind spot in climate change. Food, shelter, clean water and a climate that nurtures life are underpinned...
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ABMI releases first report on biodiversity in Athabasca Oil Sands Area
2013-12-06 20:30:16| Green Car Congress
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Biodiversity higher in the tropics, but species more likely to arise at higher latitudes
2013-11-22 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study of 2300 species of mammals and nearly 6700 species of birds from across the globe helps explain why there are so many more species of plants and animals in the tropics than at higher latitudes. In a study supported by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina, researchers found that while the tropics harbor a greater diversity of species, the number of subspecies -- potential stepping stones in the process by which one species becomes two -- is actually greater in the...
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