A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.
Cities Are Making Mammals Bigger
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Warming Western Antarctic Peninsula Waters Impact Plankton Community
Warming water and receding sea ice in the Western Antarctic Peninsula is changing the local plankton community with potential consequences for climate change, according to research led by scientists from Duke University and Duke Kunshan.
A New Way to Measure How Arctic Plant Communities Respond to Climate Change
One of the big unknowns about the future Arctic is whether plant communities around the Northern Hemisphere will continue to increase their carbon uptake as atmospheric CO2 rises.
Restoring Farmland Ponds Can Help Save Our Declining Pollinators
Pollinating insects such as bees, butterflies, hoverflies and wasps, interact more with plants at well-managed farmland ponds than those that are severely overgrown by trees, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Treating Corals with Bacteria can Help Reefs Endure Severe Heat, Study Shows
Recent years have seen a spate of coral bleaching events, where reefs stressed by unusually warm waters turned white.
Green Seaweed in the Yellow Sea
In June 2021, algal slicks painted the waters green off Qingdao, China, during the region’s largest bloom on record.
