Ecology (Environment & Chemistry)

 

At certain times in the year, more soot particles reach the Amazon rainforest from bush fires in Africa than from regional fires. more

High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline more

Sequestration of plant toxins by monarch butterflies leads to reduced warning signal conspicuousness more

Frank-Walter Steinmeier traveled with German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke to ATTO in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest more

By dispersing seeds, animals can rapidly reestablish plant diversity in degraded forests more

Stony corals use a refined built-in ventilation system to protect themselves from environmental stressors more

A surface layer of bacteria, fungi and lichen amongst others reduces the amount of dust stirred up into the atmosphere more

Researchers have discovered vast amounts of sugars underneath seagrass meadows more

Methane is formed from seagrass meadows, even decades after the plants died off more

Sponges grow to impressive size on the peaks of extinct underwater volcanoes more

Interview with Sönke Zaehle from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry about the role of nutrients in the decline of biodiversity more

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A decrease of agricultural ammonia emissions avoids mortality attributable to air pollution more

Thorsten Mauritsen from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has worked out how much time we have left to reach the Paris climate goal more

The impact of the Cold War on geophysics and oceanography lies at the centre of Lino Camprubí's research. The Spanish postdoc, who has been researching in Berlin for three years, is currently investigating how submarine surveillance advanced marine acoustics. In an interview, he reports on what marine biologists have learned from this data. more

Scientists discover mussels and sponges in the deep sea which can thrive on oil with the help of symbiont bacteria more

Indigenous inhabitants shaped the rainforest by domesticating tree species in pre-Columbian times more

Genetically modified organisms for pest control could end up as contaminants in agricultural products throughout the globe more

Boreal coniferous forests could see increased occurrences of fire as a result of global warming, with deciduous trees becoming more dominant in the future more

After metamorphosis European forest cockchafers benefit from the same bacterial symbionts housed during their larval stage more