News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

Tropical peat swamps: Restoration of endangered carbon reservoirs

Securing the natural environment for future generations

A timely symposium organised by the British Ecological Society and the UK’s statutory nature conservation agencies.

Remote camera network tracks Antarctic species at low cost

A new method turns static images into useful data on the timing and success of penguin reproduction.

British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature

An open access journal exploring the relationships between humans and nature.

Seaweeds shelter calcifying marine life from acidifying oceans

Seaweeds create a chemical microenvironment at their surface, providing refuge for calcifying organisms that are at risk from decreasing oceanic pH.

The Changing Arctic: An Environmental Audit Committee inquiry

Help the BES respond to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into how the Arctic is changing and what it means for the UK.

Warming climate shrinks B.C. beetles

Beetles are shrinking as their habitats get warmer.

Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters and algae

Warm waters and algae tend to precede bird deaths in the Great Lakes, likely because they promote the growth of botulism toxin-producing bacteria.

Parliamentary Shadowing Scheme 2017

Isabel Jones gets an insight into how the Scottish government works while shadowing Roseanna Cunningham

How fires are changing the tundra’s face

Two young ecologists from the University of Münster are studying the serious consequences fires can have for vegetation, soils and some endangered bird species.

Show me your leaves - Health check for urban trees

This week at the ‘Ecology Across Borders’ conference in Ghent, Belgium researchers from KU Leuven will present a fast, cost-efficient and objective method to map, evaluate and monitor the health of urban trees.

Glimmers of hope for the oceans

Dr Sylvia Earle outlined her hopes for the future of the ocean at the NHM

Higher plant species richness may not be enough to protect ecosystems from the worst impacts of climate extremes

Higher plant species richness is not always sufficient to reduce ecosystem vulnerability to climate extremes.

Study finds ways to avoid hidden dangers of accumulated stresses on seagrass

A new study has found ways to detect hidden dangers of repeated stresses on seagrass using statistical modelling.

Climate change impacts human health

Dr Samuel Myers outlined devastating impacts of climate change on human health