The use of pesticides has grown exponentially since World War II, with many wartime chemicals transitioning to the consumer market, including the organochlorines (e.g., DDT) and organophosphates (e.g.
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Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine life around them? By Becki Robins / Undark Published Aug 24, 2023 9:00 PM EDT This article ...
Pesticides affect the health of agricultural soils and waterways. But how do the living organisms in our ecosystems react if we reduce the use of these contaminants? Professor Valérie Langlois from ...
The effect of large herbivores on plant abundance and diversity depends more on their size and diet than whether they are native or introduced into their host ecosystems, according to a meta-analysis ...
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 54, No. 6 (Nov., 2009), pp. 1911-1932 (22 pages) We investigated the effect of the thalassinid mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis on organic matter and nutrient cycling ...
Satellite images taken over three decades show that keeping dingoes out comes at a price. The environmental impacts of removing dingoes from the landscape are visible from space, a new UNSW Sydney ...