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The European Alps is certainly one of the most scrutinized mountain range in the world, as it forms a true open-air laboratory showing how climate change affects biodiversity. Although many studies have independently demonstrated the impact of climate change in the Alps on either the seasonal activity (i.e. phenology) or the migration of plants and animals, no systematic analysis has been carried out on both consequences simultaneously. A European team of ecologists1, including Jonathan Lenoir, CNRS Researcher in the research unit Écologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (CNRS/University of Picardie Jules Verne), has just published a review that quantifies seasonal changes and elevational movements of more than 2,000 species of plants, animals and fungi that live in the Alps. This review shows that species have shifted their life cycles (e.g. bud burst for plants or nesting for birds) earlier during the season2 and their distribution higher along the elevational gradie
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The European Alps is certainly one of the most scrutinized mountain range in the world, as it forms a true open-air laboratory showing how climate change affects biodiversity. Although many studies have independently demonstrated the impact of climate change in the Alps on either the seasonal activity (i.e. phenology) or the migration of plants and animals, no systematic analysis has been carried out on both consequences simultaneously. A European team of ecologists1, including Jonathan Lenoir, CNRS Researcher in the research unit Écologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (CNRS/University of Picardie Jules Verne), has just published a review that quantifies seasonal changes and elevational movements of more than 2,000 species of plants, animals and fungi that live in the Alps. This review shows that species have shifted their life cycles (e.g. bud burst for plants or nesting for birds) earlier during the season2 and their distribution higher along the elevational gr
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By Zainab Al Nasseri MUSCAT: Dec. 25: The Ministry of Higher Education has updated on its website the list of “recommended institutions” for those planning to study abroad. The Ministry made the announcement after a meeting of the Accreditation of non-Omani Educational Institutions and Qualifications Equivalency Committee. The website contains the list of accredited universities and colleges. It said it will not be held responsible for any degrees obtained from unaccredited institutions.
The meeting recognised the following varsities in Portugal. They are: University of Lisbon, University of Porto, University of Minho, University of Coimbra, University of Aveiro, New University of Lisbon, University of Evora, Catholic University of Portugal, University of the Algarve, Polytechnic Institute of Oporto, University of the Azores, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Polytechnic
Methane Release Rapidly Increases in the Wake of the Melting Ice Sheets Details 30 April 2021
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Ice ages are not that easy to define. It may sound intuitive that an ice age represents a frozen planet, but the truth is often more nuanced than that.
Ice ages are not that easy to define. It may sound intuitive that an ice age represents a frozen planet, but the truth is often more nuanced than that. An ice age has constant glaciations and deglaciations, with ice sheets pulsating with the rhythm of changing climate. These giants have been consistently waxing and waning, exerting, and lifting pressure from the ocean floor.
Oslo [Norway], April 30 (ANI): Melting of the Arctic ice sheets caused rapid methane release from the ocean floor during the last two deglaciations, according to a new study led by scientists at The University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway.