Droughts mean fewer flowers for bees

Date:

April 11, 2018

Source:

University of Exeter

Summary:

Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to produce fewer flowers, new research shows.

Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to produce fewer flowers, new research shows.

The Alps are home to more than 3,000 lichens

Date:

March 12, 2018

Source:

Pensoft Publishers

Summary:

Widely used as biomonitors of air quality, forest health and climate change, lichens play a vital role. However, no overview of their diversity across the emblematic Alps had been provided up until recently, when an international team of lichenologists concluded their 15-year study. Their annotated checklist includes more than 3,000 lichens and presents a long-missed benchmark for scientists studying mountain systems around the globe.

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A common fruticose lichen in the Alps: Flavocetraria nivalis.

Credit: Dr Peter O. Bilovitz CC-BY 4.0