UC Berkeley researchers find fences in Wyoming impact deer migration
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According to UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Wenjing Xu, deer grazing grasslands promotes a “very healthy growth cycle in grasses, which can remove more carbon from the atmosphere than forests. Grazers that are trapped in a pasture by an impenetrable barrier – such as a fence – can overgraze, ultimately resulting in fragmented landscapes and negative impacts on climate change. (Photo by marksbunker.)
Last Updated January 18, 2021
The effect of extreme drought on Scots pine trees has been examined as part of a University of Stirling study, which could have implications for climate change efforts across the world.
The research – led by Tom Ovenden of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology – considered how resilient Scots pine trees are to extreme drought events.
Scots pine is the cornerstone of Scotland’s Caledonian pinewoods and is a critically important species, both ecologically and economically, in the UK and across Europe. The new research provides a significant understanding of its vulnerability to, and recovery from, drought – a particularly important topic as drought events are expected to increase in intensity, duration, and frequency due to climate change.
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FUTA don wins international grants for research on demerit of face masks FUTA don wins international grants for research on demerit of face masks
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JUST as COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact negatively on nations of the world, the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure, has recorded a feat through one of its senior academics, Dr Gideon Idowu of the Department of Chemistry.
Dr Idowu won two international grants for research projects seeking to investigate the Ecological Impact of COVID-19 Prevention Strategies: Fate and Impact of Medical Face Masks on Soil Ecosystem.
The awards are from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom and the Natural Environment Research Council-British Ecological Society (NERC-BES), United Kingdom.
Jan 6, 2021
The rapid uptake of wind energy globally offers hope of a transition towards sustainable renewable energy but it can also present a real threat to soaring birds of prey.
A new tool offers hope of a win-win solution that allows developers to rapidly identify the best locations for their wind turbines while minimising the risk of collision for one special bird of prey, the Verreaux’s Eagle.
The Verreaux’s Eagle is a charismatic bird of prey that is particularly vulnerable to fatal collisions with wind turbines whose outer blade tips spin at speeds of up to 290kph. It is unknown as to whether the eagles simply do not see the moving blades or do not perceive them as a threat but in South Africa a considerable number of eagles have already been killed at wind farms.