Tag: Ecology
NASA to Announce Major Eco-Friendly Aviation Project Update
NASA is holding a news conference on Wednesday, January 18th to announce its next steps for the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The project aims...
Meet the spotted lanternfly, the bug health officials are begging you...
Meet the spotted lanternfly, the bug health officials are begging you to kill on sight
Whether you choose to kill insects or not, there is...
LED streetlights contribute to insect population declines: study
Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations
Streetlights—particularly those that use white light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—not only disrupt insect behavior but are also a...
Invasive plants are still for sale as garden ornamentals, research shows
Ecologists show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds of invasive plant species as ornamental garden plants. This includes...
Lake Huron sinkhole surprise: The rise of oxygen on early Earth...
An international research team, including researchers from the University of Michigan, is proposing that increasing day length on the early Earth may have boosted...
Great Barrier Reef risks losing tolerance to bleaching events
Coral bleaching.Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
A new study has found that Great Barrier Reef (GBR) corals were able to survive...