Posts for tag "University of Exeter"
Anguish of the Amazon: Climate Tipping Points and the Loss of Rainforest Resilience
“Our goal is to quantify the movement towards a tipping point, measured as a loss of resilience in the system. Resilience is essentially how quickly a system recovers from perturbations, in this case droughts for example.”
- Posted June 2, 2022
Acidic Oceans Stink for Fish
Research indicates that as the climate warms and oceans become more acidic, fish will lose olfactory function, threatening their ability to survive.
- Posted October 3, 2018
Working With Natural Processes—and Beavers—to Improve Water Quality
Researchers have found that beavers building dams in a natural landscape improve water quality significantly by removing sediment and nutrients from water.
- Posted September 4, 2018
Biological Surfactants Reducing Atlantic Ocean CO2 Exchange
A research team has found that biological surfactants can reduce the rate of CO2 exchange between the oceans and atmosphere by up to 50%.
- Posted August 22, 2018
Study Backs Geoengineering To Reduce Mass Coral Bleaching Risk
A promising geoengineering technique gives some new hope for the survival of coral reef systems threatened by rising ocean temperatures and ocean acidification, according to a recent press release from the University of Exeter The geoengineering technique,...
- Posted June 1, 2015
