Climate change mitigation project threatens local ecosystem resilience in Ethiopia

Date:

April 16, 2018

Source:

Stockholm University

Summary:

To increase forest cover in the Global South in order to mitigate climate change does not always have positive effects, as shown in a new study in southern Ethiopia. It can also threaten biodiversity and the survival of unique alpine plants.

1C rise in atmospheric temperature causes rapid changes to world's largest High Arctic lake

An interdisciplinary team of scientists explores Lake Hazen's response to climate change

Date:

April 6, 2018

Source:

University of Alberta

Summary:

An interdisciplinary team of scientists examining everything from glaciology to freshwater ecology discovered drastic changes over the past decade to the world's largest High Arctic lake. And from glacial melt to the declining lake ice to changes in lake ecology, the results from Lake Hazen on Ellesmere Island in Canada are alarming.

Climate change and recreational activities at Walden Pond have altered its ecosystem

Planktonic microfossils in core sediments indicate anthropogenic impact over the past 1,800 years

Date:

April 4, 2018

Source:

PLOS

Summary:

Climate change and recreational activity at Walden Pond may have altered the ecology of this iconic lake during the past 1,800 years, affecting the water quality and plankton community, according to a new study.

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Climate change and recreational activities at Walden Pond may have drastically altered its ecosystem.

Credit: Curt Stager

Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change

Date:

March 16, 2018

Source:

University of British Columbia

Summary:

New research suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming.

Soil fungi may help determine the resilience of forests to environmental change

Date:

March 16, 2018

Source:

University of California - Santa Cruz

Summary:

A major new study reveals that soil fungi could play a significant role in the ability of forests to adapt to environmental change.

Tracking changes in fish communities

Date:

March 2, 2018

Source:

Kyoto University

Summary:

In a study spanning twelve years, researchers have developed a method to calculate the fluctuating stability of a natural ecological community in Maizuru Bay.