Science news articles about 'ecological effects'

  • Story tips from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2008

    ... resources and other applications. A recent study by the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee of the U.S. Environmental Protection ... assessment and monitoring program data; more consideration of ecological effects of chemical and nonchemical stressors; and development ...
  • Stanford researchers: Global warming is killing frogs and salamanders in Yellowstone Park

    ... in the world's oldest nature reserve indicate that the ecological effects of global warming are even more profound ... other than a persistent change in temperature and precipitation. "It's the cumulative effects of climate," Hadly said. During the summers of 2006 through ...
  • Church grabs chance to attack birth control pill

    ... the attack on the pill, claiming it had also brought "devastating ecological effects" by releasing into the environment "tons of hormones" that had impaired male fertility.The assault began with a personal ...
  • Low level herbicide use can damage potato reproduction

    ... . Yield and quality reduction can have significant economic and ecological effects. Therefore, field trials were conducted ... to chemical pesticides. Research is continuing at the Western Ecology Division of the USEPA, Corvallis, OR in support of pesticide ...
  • Study shows effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu

    The ecological effect of feral buffalo on Kakadu National Park has been the focus of a research study by a team of prominent Charles Darwin University researchers.
  • Ocean iron plan approved as researchers show algae absorb CO2

    ... to drop several tonnes of iron into the Southern Ocean. Some environmentalists are concerned that the long-term ecological effects of iron seeding are unknown.Ocean ...
  • Amazon carbon sink threatened by drought

    ... the region is so vast, even small ecological effects can scale-up to a large impact on the planet's carbon cycle," explained Professor Phillips. Some species ...
  • Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology

    ... field research," Strauss said, "which is required for analysis of ecological effects as well as benefits, and they have been making strides ... and development of all types of transgenic trees regardless of their ecological and economic benefits." This convention is one of the largest international ...
  • The value of variation: Ecologists consider the causes and consequences

    ... models that will determine how intraspecific variation affects ecological dynamics and community structure," Bolnick said. "At present, mathematical theory is our only tool to determine the ecological effects of niche variation and make recommendations ...
  • Spring cold snap helps with stream ecosystem research

    ... with further evidence that climate change could have negative effects on stream and forest ecosystems. As warm weather ... . "Increased light levels caused a cascade of ecological effects in the stream, beginning with considerably higher ...
  • USF Study Shows First Direct Evidence of Ocean Acidification

    ... acidity brought on by manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- a phenomenon that carries with it far-reaching ecological effects -- reports a team of researchers led ...
  • Yes, ecology shapes evolution, but guppies show reverse also true

    ... ," Travis said. "So, our experiment simultaneously compared the ecological effects of guppies of each type in two ... ," Travis said. "We now know that evolutionary effects and ecological effects can unfold on comparable time scales ...
  • Plants discover the benefits of good neighbors in strategy against herbivores

    ... and in the laboratory, we discovered that a novel, potentially also ecologically meaningful effect for neighbour-emitted foliage-adsorbed ... between species through emissions are a good example of the ecological effects that need to be considered more from a plant community ...
  • Study: Grass, fungus combination affects ecology

    ... diversity and minimal invasiveness. The study also suggested that the ecological effects of plant-microbe symbiosis aren ... . "That indicates that plant-microbe symbioses have complex ecological effects," said Clay, professor of biology and director ...
  • 42,226 daily temperature readings, and counting

    ... Journal of Climatology, also by the Cooks and Mohonk staff, the effect has been a sort of an intermittent false spring that may expose ... . He said it is still too early to tell the ecological effects of such disruptions, but added: "The data from Mohonk ...

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