• We didn't just see no pattern, we saw a very strong pattern where the lowest diversity, the coldest oceans, have the fastest overall rates of species formation. (rcinet.ca)
  • 02/16/2009) A marine census has documented more than 13,000 species in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans, including several hundred that may be new to science. (mongabay.com)
  • Multiple and converging human impacts on the world's oceans are putting marine species at risk of a mass extinction not seen for millions of years, according to a panel of oceanic experts. (mongabay.com)
  • Increased carbon sequestered in the oceans leads to acidification (lower pH levels), which is imperiling the world's coral reefs, threatening algae species, and may doom iconic animals, like the clownfish. (mongabay.com)
  • Overfishing has already plundered the oceans of many key marine species. (mongabay.com)
  • This upwelling happens near a place called the Antarctic Polar Front -- where icy Antarctic oceans meet the warmer Atlantic. (mashable.com)
  • Currently there are a slightly more than 1000 valid extant species known from the World Oceans, including Arctic and Antarctic seas. (marinespecies.org)
  • Blancpain and Swatch's collaboration comprises five watches named for each of the oceans: the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Antarctic Ocean. (yahoo.com)
  • Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. (lilesnet.com)
  • There are 2,000 living species of starfish that occur in all the world's oceans, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian as well as in the Arctic and the Southern Ocean (i.e. (lilesnet.com)
  • We call in on the Arctic and the Antarctic to find out what's going on in some of the most vulnerable parts of the oceans, and we meet some extraordinary species from the bottom of the sea at the bottom of the world. (saveourseas.com)
  • Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems: Antarctica as a global indicator , Dordrecht, Springer, 253-272. (bas.ac.uk)
  • Hundreds of species have already changed their ranges, and ecosystems are being disrupted," said University of Michigan ecologist Rosina Bierbaum, former head of the U.S. IPCC delegation. (foxnews.com)
  • Located in the City of Arts and Sciences complex, Oceanogràfic features species from many of the world's key marine ecosystems. (getyourguide.com)
  • They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. (educationquizzes.com)
  • London, UK - Research submarine dives to the Antarctic seafloor, carried out during a Greenpeace expedition to the Antarctic in January, have identified four separate Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) which have been approved by a group of international Antarctic scientists for special local protection. (greenpeace.org)
  • Analysis of the footage of these little-seen Antarctic seafloor ecosystems was proposed as evidence of sites in need of protection by Dr. Lockhart, who is responsible for 75% of all research-based identification of VMEs in Antarctic waters. (greenpeace.org)
  • The objectives of this course are to convey an understanding of how Arctic marine ecosystems are structured and how they function, the challenges that various upper-trophic level marine organisms meet when living in the Arctic, how individuals adapt (looking at life-history parameters and reproductive strategies), and how populations are affected by physical changes in the Arctic environment. (washington.edu)
  • Emphasis will be put on the complexity of Arctic marine ecosystems from primary producers to top predators, biomass, productivity, and biodiversity at different trophic levels, and the influence of sea ice as a forcing and shaping mechanism. (washington.edu)
  • In polar ecosystems, we know species will be more at risk from climate change," Trucchi said. (mashable.com)
  • It can be found from the Arctic to the Antarctic regions in practically all terrestrial ecosystems. (ncsu.edu)
  • A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters, not tropical reefs, are "hot spots" for the birth of new species. (rcinet.ca)
  • He said the harshness of the climate in polar regions might be the key to explaining why more species develop in Arctic and Antarctic waters. (rcinet.ca)
  • Because of its dynamism, few species survive in polar waters for a long time. (rcinet.ca)
  • The Beluga, also commonly referred to as the White Whale is a species of predatory whales that live in the arctic waters. (itsnature.org)
  • The shrimp is in the group or genus of shrimps known as Lebbeus, but is awaiting the addition of a unique species name," said Anna McCallum, a Melbourne scientist who discovered the new species in deep waters off the Southwest coast of Australia. (mongabay.com)
  • Warmer waters are bleaching and killing coral reefs, pushing marine species toward the poles, reducing fish populations in African lakes, research finds. (foxnews.com)
  • Many species existing in the extreme frigid depths of the Canada Basin do not travel to shallower waters and are thought to have been there isolated for millions of years. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The Arctic is the world's least-known ocean, its permanently ice-covered waters more isolated than those at the edges of the Antarctic continent. (sciencedaily.com)
  • An icebreaker escorts tankers and cargo vessels through Russia's Arctic waters. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • The new study shows the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by more than a degree since the 1960s - confounding computer models and experts who believed that a combination of ice, winds and currents would keep the water cool and shield fragile marine creatures from the effects of climate change. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • This week marks its 30th birthday, beginning a year-long celebration of crucial science, innovation and outreach, at a critical time when Arctic science has never been more important on the eve of the COP 26 climate change conference in Glasgow in November. (bas.ac.uk)
  • In addition, climate change is melting Arctic sea ice and Greenland faster than anticipated, risking not only rising sea levels, but the possibility of methane release from underwater deposits. (mongabay.com)
  • The Arctic, which is becoming increasingly assailable due to melting sea ice from climate change, is also a recent target of oil and gas companies. (mongabay.com)
  • From polar bears in the Arctic to penguins in Antarctic, climate change is having a devastating impact on animals around the world. (worldwildlife.org)
  • Species level information is essential to discussions of climate change, its expressions and effects," the researchers say. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Simple fundamentals of population dynamics will be presented, like single species dynamics, trophic interactions and effects of environmental changes in time and space (climate change, habitat heterogeneity). (washington.edu)
  • Ever since the first scientific expeditions to Antarctica, explorers have bought back geological specimens which showed in earlier times, the Antarctic has enjoyed a much more gentle climate. (discoveringantarctica.org.uk)
  • Climate change is melting ice by land and by sea in the Arctic. (discovermagazine.com)
  • With the advance of climate change and the growing sophistication of the technology behind ships, aircraft, buildings, information channels and communication methods, humans are becoming ever more successful at enlarging their range of activity in the Arctic and Antarctic. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • Climate change has set in motion something akin to a geopolitical chain reaction that is presenting both the countries surrounding the Arctic and the member states of the Antarctic Treaty System with new challenges. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • Almost all these sites were shut down under the policy of détente of the 1990s, but -climate change and the current debate on sea routes and rights of passage could result in a renewed build-up of military -presence in the northern regions of the countries bordering the Arctic. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • In the vast, remoteness of the Arctic, few have the opportunity to gather data on the environmental conditions over time or decipher the long-term effects of climate change. (lu.se)
  • Significant, accelerated signs of climate change have been reported in the Arctic and Antarctic zones, which research shows impact global climate. (lu.se)
  • The team of scientists plan to continue exploring why the Arctic and Antarctic see so many new species. (rcinet.ca)
  • 03/09/2009) In the depths of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, which surrounds ten Hawaiian islands, scientists discovered seven new species of bamboo coral. (mongabay.com)
  • Investment by UKRI-NERC to coincide with this 30th anniversary will see a range of cutting-edge kit, including remotely operated and autonomous vehicles available for use in the nearby Kongsfjorden, extending the reach and range of their activities for the next generation of Arctic scientists. (bas.ac.uk)
  • Animal and plant life in the Arctic and Antarctic is undergoing substantial change, scientists say. (foxnews.com)
  • During the past decade, however, scientists have reported dramatic declines in populations of some bee species. (nsf.gov)
  • A multinational partnership of polar scientists will take an historic census of marine life in the Arctic Ocean, including the planet's oldest seawater - a vast, still pool unstirred for millennia, walled by steep ridges and lidded with ice. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The evidence was submitted to a working group of scientists at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in Cambridge last week, who will recommend them for formal registration when CCAMLR next convenes in October, in Hobart, Tasmania. (greenpeace.org)
  • In the Antarctic, scientists are trying to figure out if penguins will be affected as sea ice melts there. (windows2universe.org)
  • Scientists fully expect many Antarctic (and Arctic) wild populations to decline as their habitat warms. (mashable.com)
  • Decades of whale and seal hunting, the ozone hole caused by human activity and the many traces that scientists, fishermen and tourists have now left in the Antarctic provide confirmation of this statement. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • A second IBM application, designed to investigate the population dynamics of Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba, on which whales, penguins and sea-birds in the Antarctic ecosystem depend, will be presented. (wm.edu)
  • Krill are small crustaceans that are a great deal like shrimp and live an swim in the arctic seas. (itsnature.org)
  • Differences in the life-history strategies of the key zooplankton species (Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean and Calanus copepods in the Arctic) will likely affect future productivity of fishery species and fisheries. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • populations in Antarctica are increasing at most sites, but are declining rapidly on sub-Arctic islands. (grida.no)
  • After that discovery in 1981, Joglar and wife Patricia Burrowes, a fellow University of Puerto Rico amphibian specialist, found that other populations of frogs in the genus Eleutherodactylus - known locally as coquis for the distinctive co-kee sound made by two species - were also mysteriously absent. (foxnews.com)
  • Following the collapse of target fish populations, industrial fisheries simply move onto other species until they too are decimated. (mongabay.com)
  • Among those populations most at risk is the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, a species that migrates between Canada and the United States. (theskanner.com)
  • Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet, although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. (lilesnet.com)
  • some populations are composed of matrilineal family groups which are the most stable of any animal species. (lilesnet.com)
  • Experts in biology, geology and physics from the circumpolar and other nations will use submersibles, modern sonar detection and traditional techniques to record and inventory biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean in anticipation of additional climatic warming that, if realized, could remove the ice cap and dramatically alter aquatic life in the region. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Also of particular focus will be biodiversity around the mouths of Russian and Canadian rivers, which pour an estimated 2,000 cubic km of freshwater annually into the Arctic Ocean. (sciencedaily.com)
  • For additional taxa, see the Search Taxonomy page of Antarctic Biodiversity . (aad.gov.au)
  • Recent work has shown that evaluating functional trait distinctiveness, the average trait distance of a species to other species in a community offers promising insights into biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem functioning. (bvsalud.org)
  • We found that larger glacial-interglacial temperature change was strongly associated with lower spatial turnover (species replacements) and higher nestedness (richness changes) components of beta-diversity across all three biodiversity facets. (bvsalud.org)
  • Adult Arctic cod Boreogadus saida are the primary prey for seals and sea-birds in the Arctic ecosystem. (wm.edu)
  • Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the effect is swift and clear: Pollination is less effective, and plants produce significantly fewer seeds. (nsf.gov)
  • This study shows that the loss of a single bee species can harm pollination and reproduction of all flowering plant species in an ecosystem,' says Alan Tessier, program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research. (nsf.gov)
  • Some studies have indicated that plants can tolerate losing most pollinator species in an ecosystem as long as other pollinators remain to take up the slack. (nsf.gov)
  • The course will focus on several detailed case studies about various Arctic marine vertebrates, and the Arctic ecosystem will be compared to the Antarctic ecosystem. (washington.edu)
  • The Arctic is warming at a rate four times the global average, while also being exposed to other global environmental changes, resulting in widespread vegetation and ecosystem change. (bvsalud.org)
  • In two High Arctic study systems near Longyearbyen, Svalbard, a 20-year ITEX warming experiment and elevational gradients with and without nutrient input from nesting seabirds, we collected data on vegetation composition and structure, plant functional traits, ecosystem fluxes, multispectral remote sensing, and microclimate. (bvsalud.org)
  • These climatic grids do not reflect conditions below vegetation canopies and near the ground surface, where critical ecosystem functions occur and most terrestrial species reside. (lu.se)
  • The sites are located in the Antarctic Sound and the Gerlache Strait along the Antarctic Peninsula. (greenpeace.org)
  • It's assumed that many cold-adapted species will simply move farther south towards frigid Antarctica as Earth warms. (mashable.com)
  • Polar bears and other species rely on the sea ice, so they might be in trouble as sea ice melts. (windows2universe.org)
  • The environmental tumult is diminishing the habitat for many species, from polar bears and seals to crustaceans and unique Arctic algae. (discovermagazine.com)
  • The acceleration of Arctic sea-ice melt is of special concern because of its threat to polar bears, walruses, and seals, and because the Arctic has long been identified as a likely global tipping point. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • The impact of non-native species: changing the face of life on land in Antarctica? (bas.ac.uk)
  • They include the tiny blue penguins of Australia and New Zealand, the majestic emperor penguins of Antarctica and king penguins found on many sub- Antarctic islands, the endangered African penguin and the Galápagos penguin-the only penguin to be found north of the equator. (worldwildlife.org)
  • Sunset over sea ice off the coast of Antarctica captured from the Nathaniel B. Palmer, an NSF research icebreaker ship, during an Antarctic oceanography research cruise. (windows2universe.org)
  • Published studies suggest that if an increase in open water during summer in Arctic and Subarctic seas results in increased primary and secondary production, biomass may increase for some important commercial fish stocks and new mixes of species may become targeted. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • Leucistic Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella). (oceanwideimages.com)
  • The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) , which breeds on islands between 45° S and 60° S (95 percent of the population at South Georgia), likely has a winter range that includes spending time close to the Antarctic ice. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Penguins are a family of 17 to 19 species of birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. (worldwildlife.org)
  • The research was led by Dr. Susanne Lockhart, of the California Academy of Sciences, who ventured to the Antarctic seafloor in a submersible to document rare and vulnerable species while on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. (greenpeace.org)
  • Last week, Dr. Lockhart spoke at Greenpeace UK's Antarctic 360° event about her research and the need for protection of the Antarctic Ocean, alongside Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, who also journeyed to the seafloor during the expedition. (greenpeace.org)
  • Plastic waste has been found in the ocean from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the surface to the seafloor. (voiceireland.org)
  • Taxonomic coverage of the database includes all currently known extant echinoid genera and species, as well as most of the valid fossil echinoid genera. (marinespecies.org)
  • In Puerto Rico and nearby islands, experts believe three of 17 known Eleutherodactylus species are extinct and seven or eight are declining. (foxnews.com)
  • Extinct species, which surpass modern echinoid diversity by about an order of magnitude, formerly included in the database only when they have erroneously been reported from modern faunas, are now part of a major effort to integrate them with the data on extant taxa. (marinespecies.org)
  • Polar bear and thousands of other species will go extinct. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • The shelf breaks and the deep-sea basins of the Arctic Ocean are poorly studied for all taxonomic groups, with the deep Canadian Basin being the least known of all," the researchers say. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Moreover, phylogenetic and functional turnover was lower and nestedness higher than random expectations based on taxonomic beta-diversity in regions that experienced large temperature change, reflecting phylogenetically and functionally selective processes in species replacement, extinction, and colonization during glacial-interglacial oscillations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Sub-Zero Soccer India is enthusiastically pursuing the outreach goal of IPY, which is being coordinated by National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. (ipy.org)
  • Dr. Manish Tiwari, scientist at the National Centre For Antarctic & Ocean Research in Goa, India, writes: India is enthusiastically pursuing the outreach goal of IPY, which is being coordinated by National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (NCAOR, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. (ipy.org)
  • British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). (bas.ac.uk)
  • Happy Birthday to the NERC Arctic Research Station and many congratulations on 30 years of fantastic and influential Arctic science by British researchers. (bas.ac.uk)
  • In 2008 over 400 dead zones were identified globally, but recent research has found that such zones-where dissolved oxygen has fallen to such low levels that most marine species can no longer survive-are doubling every decades. (mongabay.com)
  • Central to the project's success will be the partnership of the Russians, whose extensive Arctic research since the 1800s, including 500 articles on Arctic fauna, will be made available globally through translation and digitalization. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Greenpeace's three-month expedition to the Antarctic, from January to March 2018, was conducting scientific research and raising awareness of a campaign to create a vast 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. (greenpeace.org)
  • Dr. Susanne Lockhart is an Antarctic benthic specialist and research associate with the California Academy of Sciences. (greenpeace.org)
  • Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels? (rcinet.ca)
  • Owned by Spain, but located just off the northwest coast of Africa, the Canary Islands sport a wide variety of marine life, including five species of marine turtles, ten species of sharks and rays, and innumerable fish and invertebrates. (mongabay.com)
  • The expedition's goal is to identify species rich areas that should be made into Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). (mongabay.com)
  • The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has auctioned the naming rights of a newly discovered species of shimp Ebay. (mongabay.com)
  • Lloyd Peck, a marine biologist with the British Antarctic Survey, said: "The sea temperature is going up in a way that wasn't predicted and this makes me more worried for the marine animals. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • Arctic and Antarctic marine systems have in common high latitudes, large seasonal changes in light levels, cold air and sea temperatures, and sea ice. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • One day many of the world's marine species may only be found in aquariums, if at all, such as this green sea anemone in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. (mongabay.com)
  • The full impacts of acidification are not yet known, but 55 million years ago half of marine species vanished. (mongabay.com)
  • The cumulative impacts of human activities are creating a hazardous and sometimes fatal obstacle course for the marine species, said Chris Johnson, the global lead for whale and dolphin conservation at WWF. (theskanner.com)
  • Our findings add to the growing body of evidence for why we need a network of ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic," said John Hocevar, a Greenpeace marine biologist who piloted the submarine and co-authored the report with Dr. Lockhart. (greenpeace.org)
  • Hundreds of species of marine animals have been reported to have ingested or become entangled in it. (voiceireland.org)
  • Supported by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the discoveries are even more surprising in that six of the seven species may represent entirely new genus of coral. (mongabay.com)
  • In contrast, published studies suggest that in the Southern Ocean the potential for existing species to adapt is mixed and that the potential for the invasion of large and highly productive pelagic finfish species appears low. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • Thus, future Southern Ocean fisheries may largely be dependent on existing species. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • Commercial fishing in the Southern Ocean region can force many penguin species to compete for the fish they eat. (worldwildlife.org)
  • Greenpeace is campaigning for a network of protected areas in the Antarctic, including a vast 1.8 million square kilometre Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, which would be the largest protected area on Earth. (greenpeace.org)
  • Humanity's footprint weighs heavy on so much of our shared planet, but this year we have an opportunity to create a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary and protect this stunning wilderness for generations to come. (greenpeace.org)
  • The final decision will be taken by the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR) in October. (greenpeace.org)
  • The Arctic Ocean is in the north polar region . (windows2universe.org)
  • They have found that sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is melting. (windows2universe.org)
  • In the Arctic, you will find the Arctic Ocean surrounded by the continents of Europe, Asia, and North America. (windows2universe.org)
  • The Southern Ocean is sometimes known as the Antarctic Ocean or South Polar Ocean. (windows2universe.org)
  • My first instinct is that the tangerine Arctic Ocean will be the hit of the collection. (yahoo.com)
  • The other hit of the collection will likely be the Antarctic Ocean model, with its two-tone circle at the bottom of the dial, inspired by the sought-after Mil-Spec Fifty Fathoms. (yahoo.com)
  • Recent spikes in methane, ocean acidification, and Arctic melting are initial indications that some dangerous positive feedback loops may already have been triggered [2]. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Animals which are believed to "mate for life" comprise only a handful of species. (worldwildlife.org)
  • Other minor types of irregular urchins include the holectypoids and "cassiduloids" (also not a natural group), which comprise a handful of species that essentially represent living fossil remnants of groups once dominant in echinoid faunas of the Mesozoic. (marinespecies.org)
  • Finally, this course will touch on how all of this fits in as a background for better (or future) Arctic management and conservation policies given anthropogenic impacts. (washington.edu)
  • The Hooded Seal is one of the largest seal species in the world. (itsnature.org)
  • As the sea ice melts, the countries with an Arctic coastline are losing a natural barrier that some observers regard as having protected them from military invasion from the north. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • They are rarely found south of the Arctic. (itsnature.org)
  • Found in the Arctic and sub-Arctic region. (oceanwideimages.com)
  • We found that these wildflowers produce one-third fewer seeds in the absence of just one bumblebee species,' says Emory University ecologist Berry Brosi, who led the study. (nsf.gov)
  • In the United Kingdom, Seymour Laxon of University College London used satellite radar to study roughly half the permanent ice cover in the Arctic and found that it has thinned by 12 inches over the last eight years. (discovermagazine.com)
  • For example, the forelimbs of a toad, a fox, and a crocodile have evolved to meet the specific needs of the species, but they are homologous because the structures and forelimbs were found in a shared common ancestor. (coursehero.com)
  • Third, species found at the margin of the fitness landscape can persist but be functionally distinct. (bvsalud.org)
  • Six out of the 13 great whale species are now classified as endangered or vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, even after decades of protection after commercial whaling. (theskanner.com)
  • The evidence we've got and the models we've been looking at said sea temperature was not likely to change much in the Antarctic. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • The rate and extent of biodegradation are dependent on the ambient temperature, the presence of a sufficient number of microorganisms capable of metabolizing these hydrocarbons, the amount of aromatic species in a given oil, and the concentration of fuel oil. (cdc.gov)
  • You will be able to meet the great explorers who have ventured there, the species that have adapted to these extreme environments, the people who have chosen the Great North to live there, and the researchers who are advancing science… Like a journalist reporter, you will be given an entrance ticket illustrating a press card that allows you to trigger all sorts of content and information as you wander around. (oceano.org)
  • Extant eared seals comprise 16 species in seven genera commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The worms are not just new species, but a clade of animals entirely unknown to science until now. (mongabay.com)
  • A clade shows a grouping with a single common ancestor and all descendants of that original species. (coursehero.com)
  • A more inclusive clade could show all species or genera that produce offspring with an egg that does not dry out, called an amniotic egg, thus including primates, rodents, crocodiles, and birds. (coursehero.com)
  • Both the Arctic and Antarctic models were based on the same framework, and demonstrate the utility of IBMs as numerical tools for the analysis of ecological data, in which levels of detail and spatial and temporal resolution may vary widely. (wm.edu)
  • Researchers discovered two species of worm smaller than a grain of rice and a primitive poisonous crustacean. (mongabay.com)
  • 08/20/2009) Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have announced in Science the discovery of seven new species of deep sea worms, five of which drop orb-like parts of their body which cause a brilliant green display of bioluminescence. (mongabay.com)
  • Congratulations to the NERC Arctic Station and the researchers who have worked there over the last three decades, who are all playing their part in this critical task. (bas.ac.uk)
  • Some target fish and bycatch species (those killed unintentionally) have fallen by 90 percent report researchers. (mongabay.com)
  • The researchers studied a series of 20-meter-square wildflower plots, evaluating each one in both a control state, left in its natural condition, and in a manipulated state, in which nets were used to remove the bumblebees of just one species. (nsf.gov)
  • Arctic sea ice is thinning and cracking, say researchers on two continents. (discovermagazine.com)
  • In 2017 started a project "Sound of Svalbard" gathering birdsongs and calls etc from Svalbard (the Arctic part of Norway). (xeno-canto.org)
  • Most pollinators visit several plant species over their lifetimes, but often will display what we call floral fidelity over shorter time periods,' Brosi says. (nsf.gov)
  • When bees are 'promiscuous,' visiting plants of more than one species during a single foraging session, they are much less effective as pollinators,' Briggs says. (nsf.gov)
  • Floral fidelity clearly benefits plants, because a pollinator visit will only lead to plant reproduction when the pollinator is carrying pollen from the same plant species. (nsf.gov)
  • What's equally impressive is the demonstration of the mechanisms--that the loss of a single species changes the foraging behavior of all the remaining bee species. (nsf.gov)
  • Rabosky and his team have been researching this phenomenon for years, studying tens of thousands of species of fish around the world. (rcinet.ca)
  • There are many species of birds, but all birds descended from a common ancestor. (coursehero.com)
  • These species depend on sea ice for access to food and for places to breed. (worldwildlife.org)
  • However, the ecological mechanisms underlying the emergence and persistence of functionally distinct species are poorly understood. (bvsalud.org)
  • Almost 10% of the global population lives in the Arctic or high mountain regions. (ipcc.ch)
  • Antarctic) regions. (lilesnet.com)
  • The shrinking of the sea ice makes it easier for people and ships to access the Arctic and Antarctic regions. (worldoceanreview.com)
  • Its closest genetic relative is G. pannorum , a ubiquitous psychrophilic, keratinolytic fungus that has been isolated from a variety of sources and geographic regions, including soil and the fur of wild mammals in France ( 8 ), floors of trains and ferryboats in Italy ( 9 ), boreal forests in Canada ( 10 ), and environmental samples from Arctic regions ( 11 , 12 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Species with a more distant ancestor, such as a crocodile and an amphibian, may have evolved different characteristics or traits. (coursehero.com)
  • Cave diving-exploring these unknown abysses-has yielded many strange species unknown to science. (mongabay.com)
  • The genetic characteristics that enable 'extremophile' species to survive in such an environment are of important interest to science. (sciencedaily.com)