Posts for tag "University of Exeter"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
