Items Tagged 'Research'

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• Perspectives from Mountain Studies

News

• Breakthrough in battle against invasive plants
• UK insects struggling to find a home make a bee-line for foreign plants
• Study predicts non native invasions in Antarctica
• New maps reveal hotspots of seabird activity during breeding season
• Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
• Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate
• Study into capercaillie breeding success and dispersal highlights need for landscape-scale intervention to halt decline towards extinction
• Living Ash Project Phase 2 Funding Announced
• Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
• Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years – new study
• Learn from past to protect oceans
• Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
• Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees – new study
• Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes
• New species extinction target proposed for global nature rescue plan
• Where there’s muck, there’s brass
• £13 million investment for NERC Environmental Omics Facility
• Survey shows nearly 40% of arable soils ‘degraded’
• Surface clean-up technology won't solve ocean plastic problem
• Younger generation fail to notice environmental decline due to generational amnesia which risks conservation longevity
• Crayfish ‘trapping’ fails to control invasive species
• Specialised omnivores – individual red foxes prefer different foods in the city and the countryside
• New partnership between the University of Exeter and the National Trust to help protect the natural world
• Majority of natural features in good condition
• New research set to unlock nature mysteries and tackle biodiversity crisis
• ‘Bee Box’ provides stress-free insight into hidden life inside the hive
• Rewilding efforts in England are “domesticated” and of a smaller scale compared to efforts in other nations, study argues
• Solar parks could boost bumble bee numbers in a win-win for nature
• DNA floating in the air can be used to identify nearby animals
• Lack of transparency over cost of conservation projects hampers ability to prioritise funds for nature protection
• Climate change has caused Britain's butterflies to get bigger
• New research prompts initiative to accelerate diversity of environmental sector
• Underwater noise pollution is risking the lives of whales and dolphins
• Amphibian microbiome could be key to fighting deadly fungal disease
• Research shows potentially dangerous levels of medical drugs for wildlife in British rivers
• Monocultures or mixed species? Surprising research shows how forests cope with drought
• Smart technology aids research into a nationally important seabird colony
• Patterns of winners and losers among Britain’s moths
• Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
• Research will support the expansion of treescapes in the UK
• Just like humans, more intelligent jays have greater self-control
• "Shrimps" discovered in the nation’s forests
• UK woodlands could store almost twice as much carbon as previously estimated
• Hundreds of mammal species are being pushed toward extinction
• The impact of zoos on society is largely underestimated
• Over half of Britain's plant species are now non-native
• Swan populations grow 30 times faster in nature reserves
• Groundbreaking biodiversity study in South Downs 250 years after the great Gilbert White
• Saving moths may be just as important as saving the bees
• New Forest fungi to help clean up environmental pollution
• Man-made materials are widespread in birds’ nests
• Beak shape can predict nest material use in the world’s birds, study finds
• Jackdaws switch friends to gain food – but stick with family
• Volunteers and scientists reach six million marine record milestone
• Minke whales visiting Scotland’s west coast set European record
• New map of 20th century land use in Britain helps researchers demystify biodiversity change
• Groundbreaking scientific research project at Snaizeholme will tackle the impacts of extreme weather
• NERC invests in a new generation of environmental scientists
• Blue tit population booms with moths on the menu – study
• Citizen science project tracks the health of planet’s peatlands
• First-ever flux tower on forested peat to measure landscape scale emissions
• Most detailed long-term study in the world provides science to support Scottish salmon recovery
• Boost garden butterfly numbers by up to 93% with one simple step, new study reveals
• Dolphin Diet Detectives Project Receives Nature Networks Funding!
• Scientists ask the public to help find mosquitoes in Scotland
• Research backs beavers in fight against flooding and droughts
• Environmental benefits at the heart of new solar research partnership
• The Crown Estate announces a further £7.3 million investment in research projects to accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero
• Over 10,000 Whale and Dolphin Sightings Recorded in Scotland's Seas
• Study highlights the complex changes and threats facing Cornwall’s sand dunes
• Why the study of deer poo in North Wales could shed light on the future of woodland conservation
• Bristol part of UK initiative to advance monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions
• New research proves woodland wildlife does wonders for wellbeing
• New research shows human food waste is fuelling foxes and putting pressure on threatened bird species
• The changing chorus: Study shows how movements and memories influence birdsong evolution
• Beavers set to bring biodiversity boost to wetland
• Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis
• England’s non-woodland trees mapped and available freely for the first time
• Facial recognition software to help protect ocean giant
• ‘Blood test from space’ unveiled for Earth’s ecosystems
• Anglers help fund research into tackling algal blooms on the Broads
• New pests and diseases will cut UK tree growth
• Boost for woodlands as research to tackle plant pests & diseases
• Long-term field experiment shows combined approach can maximise the benefits of grassland restoration
• England’s peatlands mapped for first time in major step towards their recovery
• British ash woodland is evolving resistance to ash dieback
• New scientific partnership for climate and nature
• Robot crab reveals how males compete in claw-waving contest
• World-first study to revolutionise care of endangered species
• Celebrating progress & world first for grey squirrel fertility control research
• Friendly soil fungus could replace chemical sprays in battle against crop diseases
• Public feels positively about dead and decaying trees, finds new research
• Scientists map the genetic distribution of maerl-forming algae across South West
• Milford Haven’s unique seabed habitat revealed in new study
• Annual salmon count shows record low numbers of fish for a second consecutive year
• Celebrating over 20 years of community sightings
• Collaborative study finds evidence of flapper skate recovery in Scotland
• Insects are victims too, not just invaders, says study
• Garden cam reveals hidden lives of UK hedgehogs
• Woodland birds living amongst native trees produce more chicks
• New deep tech startup by Natural History Museum and Earlham Institute launches cutting-edge rapid DNA air sequencing technology, AirSeq™, transforming biological threat detection
• Ocean innovators unite to support marine science research
• Porpoises ‘buzz’ less when boats are nearby
• Growing evidence that freshwater wildlife is impacted by microplastics
• Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests
• Innovative research suggests Bass Rock gannet colony may be stabilising
• Plants growing higher across Himalaya as climate warms

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