Thawing permafrost is shaping the global climate
How is climate change affecting the permanently frozen soils of the Arctic? What will the consequences be for the global climate, human bein...
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Decline of diatoms due to ocean acidification
While calcifying organisms like oysters and corals have difficulty forming their shells and skeletons in more acidic seawater, diatoms have ...
Lost or extinct? Study finds the existence of more than 500 animal species remains uncertain
An international study provides the first global evaluation of all terrestrial vertebrate species that have not been declared extinct and id...
Environment scientists close in on 'golden spike' to define Anthropocene
Leicester researchers searching for a 'golden spike' to formally define humanity's current geological period -- and acknowledge ...
Unchecked global emissions on track to initiate mass extinction of marine life
As greenhouse gas emissions continue to warm the world's oceans, marine biodiversity could be on track to plummet within the next few ce...
Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according to the fi...
Humans disrupting 66-million-year-old feature of ecosystems
The U-shaped relationship between diet and size in modern land mammals could also stand for "universal," says a new study, which h...
Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns of the short-tailed albatross in North Pacific Ocean
The first large-scale study of its kind has uncovered more than 4,000 years' worth of distinctive foraging behavior in a species once dr...
Black Rhino extinction risk sharply increased by killing of specific female rhinos
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Cri...
Climate change will reshuffle marine ecosystems in unexpected ways
Warming of the oceans due to climate change will mean fewer productive fish species to catch in the future, according to a new Rutgers study...
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