Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The cover image for our April issue shows insect herbivores feeding on a ragweed plant. The image relates to the article ‘Foliar herbivory-enhanced mycorrhization is associated with increased levels of lipids in root and root exudates’, by Zhenlong Xing et al. Here, Zhenlong tells us the story behind the image: Insect herbivores, terrestrial plants, and […]

The Lawen sisters, known as eco-warriors in Seychelles, published the paper recently after numerous beach clean-ups on the islands over a four-year period. (Alvania Lawen) Photo license  Purchase photo Two Seychellois sisters have published a paper in which they have compiled and analysed data on beach debris and plastic in the Inner Islands group of […]

Shortlisted for the 2023 Southwood Prize Oliver Wilson explains how he, along with co-author Oliver Prescott, generated a metric of climate change exposure by quantifying the change in observed historical and predicted future conditions. They then compared patterns of climate change exposure in locations sampled by ecological monitoring schemes to random samples from wider habitats. […]

Annise Dobson discusses her article: ‘Individual and combined effects of invasive earthworms and native white-tailed deer on understory plant survival, growth, and reproduction.’ Figure 2. Co-author Audrey Bowe measuring transplants. These long-lived perennials can persist as small juveniles for many years in the understorey. Background In northeastern U.S. forests, understorey plant communities are undergoing sweeping […]

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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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]