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Bewick’s swans fly less far during their autumn migration when the weather is warm. Climate change has therefore led to a shift in their common winter....

Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork

Second-year PhD candidate Yuri Sinzato at the UvA Institute of Physics won the best speaker award for his presentation on the dynamics of cyanobacterial colonies in turbulent flows. The research is a major attempt to better understand and prevent tox

According to the study, protected forests store an additional 9.65 billion metric tons of carbon in their aboveground biomass

Many native animals that disperse plant seeds on the island of Mauritius have gone extinct during the past centuries. This includes iconic species such as the dodo and giant tortoises, now replaced by non-native fruit-eating animal species that have

Researchers of the University of Amsterdam, together with colleagues at the University of Queensland and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research, have developed a strategy for assessing the tox ...

The research is key to understanding the future of dryland ecosystems An international team of scientists who surveyed dozens of countries has revealed practical findings from the first global study examining the toll grazing in...

Sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere into tropical vegetation has been suggested as a mitigating factor of anthropogenically elevated atmospheric CO2 levels. A new study, led by Dr William Gosling from the University of Amsterdam, now shows th

AUSTIN, Texas — The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere has only a small influence on changes in tropical ecosystems despite evidence

Carbon dioxide is known to have a fertilizing effect on plant growth, and the gas is often added to greenhouse crops to help improve yields. Climate