Dr. Katja Irob summarises their latest study, conducted alongside colleagues, which analysed the impacts of climate change and rangeland management on degradation in Savanna ecosystems of southern Africa. Findings suggest that, in the face of climate uncertainty, farmers’ most effective strategy for securing their livelihoods and ecosystem stability is to integrate browsers and apply management […]
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The 11th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) kicked off in Bangkok, with participants echoing a compelling plea for nations to swiftly implement urgent actions, fostered by robust and sustained multilateral cooperation. The stern warning suggested that countries risked lagging further behind in their pursuit of sustainable development goals amid recent global crises. Addressing the […]
Continue ReadingIn their latest research article, Sara Kross, Katherine Chen, Benjamin Van Doren and colleagues utilise 5 years of bird collision counts in New York City to determine the influence of nocturnal weather conditions and bird migration traffic rates on collisions with buildings. Migration is already a particularly dangerous part of the annual life cycle of many […]
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When it comes to life on Earth, the importance of the Atlantic Ocean may be bigger even than its size. The world’s second-largest body of water after the Pacific, the Atlantic is unique because of its large-scale ocean circulation. This movement of water and heat from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere has no […]
Continue ReadingThe total support requested far exceeds the currently available budget of €800 million, provided by the Innovation Fund. Kurt Vandenberghe, Director-General for Climate Action, said: “The applications are in and the enthusiastic market response to the pilot auction shows the European hydrogen industry is ready to scale up! Renewable hydrogen is an important solution in Europe’s […]
Continue ReadingYamaha Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. has introduced the world’s first hydrogen-powered outboard engine for recreational boats. This initiative is a key part of Yamaha’s plan to reduce carbon emissions by exploring different technologies. Teaming up with Roush, Yamaha developed the fuel system for the new engine and partnered with Regulator Marine to construct a suitable […]
Continue ReadingDr Joseph Cooper, from the British Trust for Ornithology, shares recent research conducted alongside colleagues which saw the development of models. These models provide the foundation through which butterfly abundance could be integrated into an urban biodiversity assessment tool, providing species- and community-level statistics to non-specialists from the urban planning and design sector. The prevailing […]
Continue ReadingZhenlong Xing, from Jianqing Ding’s lab, Henan University, discusses his article: ‘Foliar herbivory-enhanced mycorrhization is associated with increased levels of lipids in root and root exudates.’ Spodoptera caterpillars feed on Ambrosia plants (credit: Qingjie Pan and Yuqing Hu). Background At 8:45 p.m., October 21, 2020, the master candidate, Zhongyue Zhang, ran towards me, exclaiming “It […]
Continue ReadingThe EU goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 relies, among other measures, on the investments in industrial carbon management technologies (ICM), which include carbon dioxide capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). The role of ICM solutions is further emphasized by the European Commission’s recently published strategy ‘Towards an ambitious industrial carbon management for the EU’ […]
Continue ReadingIn this blog post José M. Herrera discusses their latest research, conducted alongside co-authors, which looks at the temporal relationship between the nightly activity patterns of the common pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii) and the olive fruit moth (Prays oleae). To enhance biocontrol services, they propose increasing the availability of suitable roosting and foraging sites as […]
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