2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (202+ words) A comprehensive review maps how drought, flooding, and wildfire alter carbon inputs, microbial processes, and sequestration in soils image: Impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events on carbon dynamics in soil view more Credit: Nanthi Bolan, Aimé Jean Messiga, Shailja…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (439+ words) Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most important indicators of ecosystem health, increased by 7% in 2025, according to researchers at William & Mary’s VIMS & Batten School. The results highlight the substantial progress made since underwater grass coverage reached historic…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (130+ words) image: Global spatial distribution of the dominant factors of the 13 representative eWUEs from 2001 to 2015. The 6 driving factors include air temperature (Ta), vapor pressure deficit (VPD), atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (Ca), leaf area index (LAI), precipitation (P), and downwelling shortwave radiation (SW).....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (90+ words) Studies reveal that Mercury had a graphite crust because its carbon did not migrate into the core, which owes its low density to silicon and sulphur image: The young planet was characterised by a global magma ocean and a liquid…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (132+ words) Sensory ecologist Ralph Simon proposed the SELFCURE project to investigate whether bats self-medicate and if their behaviors change when they’re sick or recovering from illness. Together with Dan Becker, and Rachel Page applied to and were awarded a grant from…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (669+ words) Credit: Simon Fraser University Sometimes science throws up the unexpected. When a team of researchers set out to model river erosion in Canada’s High Arctic, they did not expect the findings to defy common sense. “We literally expected to see…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) SUNY Potsdam professors Dr. Page Quinton and Dr. Michael Rygel awarded $411,477 from National Science Foundation to further research on Devonian-Permian sedimentary rocks image: Seen here placing minerals in the Geology Museum displays at SUNY Potsdam, Dr. Michael Rygel (left) and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1308+ words) Kansas State University's CoSearch workshop brings researchers from diverse fields together to develop innovative solutions to complex water problems. image: Elizabeth Sorensen Montoya, assistant professor in Kansas State University's Department of Agricultural Economics, maps out concepts as Team HydroCats develops…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (110+ words) image: Wider reach, greater impact: Biological Diversity is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). view more Date: August 19, 2026 Jiang, Y. Zhang, C. Jiang, Z. Su, T. Wang, and Y. Du, “Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Fish Biodiversity in High-Density Cascade Dam Rivers Using…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (494+ words) image: ETH researcher Thomas Hudson camped overnight beside the Gorner Glacier, with Monte Rosa and the Dufourspitze (4,634 m) visible in the background. view more Credit: Thomas Hudson / ETH Zurich In recent years, the Alps have experienced devastating glacier collapses: in September…...