je.st
news
Tag: biodiversity
UK air pollution 'major threat to biodiversity
2014-04-07 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Nitrogen pollution, which played a major role in the UKs recent air quality crisis, represents a potentially deadly threat to many animal and plant species, according to a government adviser. Nitrogen oxide (NO2), which is mostly emitted by traffic vehicles and industry, is one the main causes of the air pollution that engulfed parts of Britain last week, affecting many peoples health. However, experts have said that pollution does not only affect humans, but is threatening wildlife as well....
Tags: major
air
threat
pollution
Warming, biodiversity
2014-03-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reflector: They say if you put a frog in a pot and slowly heat the water, it won`t know to jump out and will slowly get cooked. While the literal veracity of this old tale may be doubtful, the principle might well apply to societies. At a recent symposium held by ECU`s Center for Biodiversity, a group of biologists from across the country discussed how our warming planet is turning up the heat on biodiversity loss. With a focus on the southeastern United States, the meeting provided findings and lessons...
Tags: warming
biodiversity
Leftover trees enhance the biodiversity of new forests
2014-03-18 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Trees left standing after deforestation have a discernible impact on the composition of local biodiversity in secondary growth forests, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE. Researchers working on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica discovered that remnant trees could affect species composition of regenerated forests up to 20 years after being logged. When land that was once forest is abandoned after being cleared for timber or agricultural purposes, what emerges is known as a second-growth...
Tags: enhance
trees
forests
biodiversity
Arctic Biodiversity Assessment Highlights Threats to Region, Offers Recommendations
2014-02-14 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new report by a coalition of international scientists details the threats posed to Arctic biodiversity amid climate change, highlighting the environmental stresses and strengths of the region in the 674-page "Arctic Biodiversity Assessment." Fifty-three scientists from 15 countries, collaborating under the auspices of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, complied the assessment. "The assessment, which explores the potentially dramatic...
Tags: region
offers
recommendations
assessment
Next best thing: how well do secondary forests preserve biodiversity?
2014-01-23 18:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Secondary forests, which are areas that were previously cleared of old-growth cover, now comprise the majority of the forested areas in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. A heavily debated issue is to what extent secondary forests are able to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity. In an article published in PLOS ONE, a group of researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute led by Michiel van Breugel evaluated the biodiversity preservation potential of secondary forests....
Tags: thing
secondary
preserve
forests
Sites : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] next »