Record reduction of 2023 ETS emissions due largely to boost in renewable energy

The data reported by EU Member States as of 2 April 2024 show a 15.5% decrease in emissions in 2023, compared to 2022 levels. With this development, ETS emissions are now around 47% below 2005 levels and well on track to achieve the 2030 target of -62%. The observed trend confirms the effectiveness and efficiency […]

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An overview of the techniques applied for Cerrado – The Applied Ecologist

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize In this blog post, Natashi Pilon discusses their team’s analysis of 82 data sets from the literature and primary data collection, with the aim of assessing the effectiveness of passive and active restoration techniques applied in Cerrado open ecosystems. Restoration We are in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, […]

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The Story Story: Using lake sediments from Story Lake to better understand the interacting effects of fire and climate change on oak and beech community shifts in the southern Great Lakes region

Nora Schlenker discusses her paper ‘Interacting effects of fire and hydroclimate on oak and beech community prevalence in the southern Great Lakes region.’ Background Every year pollen rains down from terrestrial plants and makes us sneeze. But as pollen lands on the surface of lakes and settles in lakebed sediments, it also provides a continuous […]

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New Nuclear Fusion record for sustaining 100 Million Degree Plasma

Tokamak fusion reactor.  Wikimedia Korean Fusion Reactor sets new nuclear fusion record for sustaining 100 million degree plasma. Scientists in South Korea have set a remarkable new achievement in the quest for abundant energy through nuclear fusion by achieving a staggering temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, seven times hotter than the core of the […]

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Unraveling the invasion paradox  – The Applied Ecologist

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Nicholas McMillan details how he and colleagues collected data across eight grassland landscapes to test how an invasive legume affected plant and bird communities at spatial grains ranging from 0.1 m2 to >3,000,000 m2. It was concluded that scale is a central problem in ecology, and defining scale in management objectives is essential […]

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Stadler’s Hydrogen-Powered Train achieves Guinness World Records title

Stadler’s hydrogen-powered train achieves the Guinness World Record title by traveling more than 1,700 miles on one tank of hydrogen. Stadler has set the Guinness World Record title for the furthest distance achieved by a hydrogen-powered passenger train, the FLIRT H2, without refueling, traveling a total of 2,803 kilometers (1741.7 miles) for over 46 hours […]

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Martin Girardin on Mapping trees’ climate sensitivity: Evolutionary dynamics explored using tree rings / Cartographie de la sensibilité climatique des arbres : Dynamiques évolutives explorées à l’aide des cernes de croissance des arbres

Boreal mixed forest in eastern Canada / Forêt mixte boréale dans l’est du Canada Background The way that tree species develop and change over time is affected by the climate they live in. In the vast expanse of Canada’s terrestrial ecosystems, nearly 180 tree species have undergone selective processes since the last glaciation, sculpting their […]

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Conservation of future marshland – The Applied Ecologist

Shortlisted for the Chico Mendes Prize 2023 In this blog post, author Molly Mitchell describe her team’s Practice Insights article which demonstrates the value of using multiple models and data to inform marsh management, conservation and restoration practices. How do you make good decisions about managing resources when those resources are changing? This is the […]

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Chenhui Chang: Reciprocal bark exchange helps to disentangle bark & wood trait effects on invertebrate diversity

2023 HARPER PRIZE SHORTLIST: Throughout March, we are featuring the articles shortlisted for the 2023 Harper Prize. The Harper Prize is an annual award for the best early career research paper published in Journal of Ecology. Chenhui Chang’s article ‘Reciprocal bark exchange helps to disentangle tree species-dependent bark and wood trait effects on invertebrate diversity‘ is one of those shortlisted […]

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