Climate pattern may influence remainder of hurricane season, winter ahead

Animals that migrate north to breed are being put at risk by ongoing climate change and increasing human pressure, losing earlier advantages for migration, declining in numbers and faring much worse than their resident counterparts, according to scientists writing in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Ocean warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse-​gas emissions will prompt many species of marine plankton to seek out new habitats, in some cases as a matter of survival.

Hydropower is the dominant source of energy in the Amazon region, the world’s largest river basin and a hotspot for future hydropower development. 

Research has shed new light on the impact of humans on islands’ biodiversity. 

Corals are the foundation species of tropical reefs worldwide, but stresses ranging from overfishing to pollution to warming oceans are killing corals and degrading the critical ecosystem services they provide.

A new study documents the formation of a 3,000-square-kilometer rift in the oldest and thickest Arctic ice.

The recent discovery of a sleeper fish in Akita Prefecture, Japan, by researchers from the University of Tsukuba is a first for this area and the northernmost record for this species.

Coral reefs are the rainforests of the seas, and 30 percent of all marine biodiversity depends on them.

Urbanisation appears to be another key factor for insect decline.