Up to 85 per cent of historical salmon habitat lost in Lower Fraser region
For perhaps the first time ever, researchers have mapped out the true extent of habitat loss for salmon in the Lower Fraser River, one...
Scientists ID enzyme for making key industrial chemical in plants
Scientists studying the biochemistry of plant cell walls have identified an enzyme that could turn woody poplar trees into a source for producing a...
Crop farmers face new disease pressures as climate changes
Climate change will increase the burden of crop diseases in some parts of the world and reduce it in others, new research suggests.
Achieving equitable access to energy in a changing climate
Access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy services is a must for development and ensuring a decent quality of life. Researchers used a novel...
Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold
The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the Gulf stream belongs, may have been losing stability in the course of the last century....
Migration pattern of farthest-migrating species
The Arctic tern --which has the world record for the longest annual migration -- uses just a few select routes, a key finding that...
Microplastics in Arctic ecosystem discovered
Around the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, rhodoliths made up of coralline red algae provide ecological niches for a wide variety of organisms....
Powering navigational buoys with help of ocean waves
Traditionally used energy harvesting technologies, like photovoltaic panels or wind turbines, suffer from several limitations. In the absence of daylight and wind, neither of...
Road map for adapting dry forests to new fire regimes
Scientists say that thinning and prescribed burning are crucial parts of adaptive management for seasonally dry, fire-dependent forests such as those east of the...
Promoting biodiversity-friendly landscapes – beyond organic farming
Is organic farming the only alternative to conventional agriculture to promote biodiversity in agricultural landscapes? An international research team questions this. According to the...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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