Coastal Forests Are Dying—And It’s Not Agriculture to Blame Anymore
The Disappearing Wetlands Wetlands are disappearing and it is more than only the drying of water. It is the silent
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Ecosystems
Physical and Biological Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining are Still Apparent on the Seafloor after Four Decades
Scientists recently revisited the site of a deep-sea mining test performed over four decades ago to see how well the seafloor had recovered. Their research highlights the persistent impact of deep-sea mining on the physical and biological environment of the deep ocean’s abyssal plains.
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Climate change confuses moths when egg-laying
Climate change, specifically rising levels of carbon dioxide, can have different ecological impacts. A new study shows how elevated levels of carbon dioxide can confuse some moths when they look for sites to lay eggs.
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Turning a New Leaf: Extracting the Invasive Water Hyacinth for Medicinal Treatments
Featured Image Caption: The Water hyacinth is a floating plant that has clusters of leaves, lavender spiked flowers, and feathery
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Wildfires leave long-lasting impacts on water quality in the Western U.S.
Wildfires significantly impact water quality for up to 8 years post-burn, according to a new study that analyzes data from 500 watersheds across the western continental United States. This effort is the most extensive synthesis to date of large-scale, long-term trends in water quality in response to fires.
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Arthropod Allies in the Atacama Desert: How One Parasitic Plant Promotes its Own Success
Parasitic plants are a bit like vampires; they suck the sap out of other plants. Because of their unusual lifestyle, these plants’ impacts on their community of neighboring plants and animals can be complicated and surprising. A team of researchers in Chile asked an interesting question: Do parasitic plants benefit from the cascading effects they have on their communities of neighboring plants and animals?
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Infecting robot locusts with pathogens to study social immunity
Researchers observed the responses by live locusts to robot locusts infected with a fungal pathogen
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Diving Deep for Volcanic Deposits: What the Hunga Volcanic Eruption Teaches Us About the Deep Sea
According to Chaknova and colleagues, the Honga Volcano eruption was the largest in the modern satellite era. It produced a 58 km plume, a 20 m high tsunami, and a pressure wave that propagated around the world.
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Discovery of a Shortfin Mako Nursery
Featured Image Caption: Two shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) by MarkConlin, public domain from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fangs and Heavy Metal: A Bioaccumulation Study
Featured Image Caption: South American Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) by Holger Krisp CC by 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Primary Source Article:
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