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Nature Today | Microorganisms essential to achieve global ...
WEB2 days ago · Microorganisms essential to achieve global sustainability goals. 19-SEP-2024 - The United Nations' sustainable development goals can be achieved by relying extensively on the use of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. This was written by an international group of scientists, including Jef Huisman of the University of Amsterdam ...
Nature Today | Whale and dolphin research expeditions 2022
WEB04-JAN-2023 - In 2022, sixth joint scientific expeditions of the Ti Whale An Nou program took place. Ti Whale An Nou means 'Our own little whales'in a mix of English and French Caribbean Creole. The research program studies the diversity, distribution and quantity of whales and dolphins in the Caribbean, as well as the threats facing them.
Nature Today | Impact of climate change on marine life much …
WEB11-APR-2024 - Fish and invertebrate animals are far more affected by warmer and more acidic seawater than previously known. This is the conclusion of a study co-led by NIOZ marine biologist Katharina Alter, based on a new analysis method and published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
Scientists estimate the land area needed to save species
WEB07-JUN-2022 - 64 million square kilometres – 44 percent of Earth’s land area – require conservation to safeguard biodiversity. This is revealed in a new research led by biologists of the University of Amsterdam, that was published on June 3rd 2022 in the prestigious journal Science.
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Nature Today | Sea turtles are returning, what are the effects on ...
WEBThey also help protect the coast by stabilising sediment and reducing wave energy. With the return of the large herbivore – the sea turtle – it is important to quantify its impact on the ecosystem services a seagrass meadow can provide. Often these services are measured separately, but in the new study, the most essential services have been ...
Nature Today | Heat and drought slow down tropical tree growth
WEBThe study is based on a new global network consisting of over 14,000 tree ring data series from 350 locations across the tropics. The researchers found that the effect of drier and hotter years is larger in more arid or warm regions. This suggests that climate change may increase the sensitivity of tropical trees to climatic fluctuations.
Nature Today | Tropical vegetation benefits less from elevated ...
WEBSequestration of carbon from the atmosphere into tropical vegetation has been suggested as a mitigating factor of anthropogenically elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. A new study now shows that over the long term there is actually a stronger role for moisture change than for atmospheric carbon dioxide in determining tropical woody …
Nature Today | Europe's forests increasingly under pressure from ...
WEB12-DEC-2022 - European forests are being increasingly affected by natural disturbances, a new ground-based observation study shows. An international team of forest scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the European Forest Institute (EFI) and 19 other research organizations across Europe investigated forest disturbances in Europe over the past 70 years.