Marine biologists nicknamed a patch of persistent high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean between 2013 and 2016 "the Blob." During that period, decreased phytoplankton production led to a cascading lack of food for many species, causing thousands of California sea lion pups to starve, said Mille...
biologists an d marin e scientists hav e cle im e d that th e plastic wast e is now impacting most islands in th e worl d as well as th e mai ority of species in th e ocean in various way s.T his highlights th e negativ e effect of th e dis posabl e (一次性的) cultur...
However, trained biologists can tell similar species apart. We have carefully reviewed the available taxonomic information and conclude that the Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) is a valid taxonomic species. The Bicknell's thrush breeds during the summer (May to August) in ar...
When you're a firefly, finding "the one" can change the world. Literally. A new study by UCSB evolutionary biologists Todd Oakley and Emily Ellis demonstrates that for fireflies, octopuses and other animals that choose mates via bioluminescent courtship, sexual selection increases the number of sp...
fc is the number of civilizations that would develop transmission technologies L is the length of time that these civilizations would have to transmit their signals to space While this equation was intended to stimulate debate about the probability of ETIs, it was also significant because of its ...
Keywords Macroecology Á Reproduction Á Allometric scaling Á Body size Á Fecundity Introduction Scaling of processes and patterns to body size has fasci- nated biologists for centuries (e.g., Peters 1983; Damuth 2007). Plant and animal characteristics have been corre- lated to organisms...
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The reasons given are spiralling costs, uncertainty in supply lines and the economic reality that offshore wind farms are hideously expensive to operate as well as being enormously damaging to the marine environment. Has The Dutch Farmers’ Party’s Moment ArrivedQuite recently, back...