Globalising a planet: tourists bring invasive species to Antarctica

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Okay. That does it. An editorial break.

Mediterranean biodiversity versus a globalising planet: from Suez Canal to your tuna pizza

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

“In reserves off Spain and Italy, we found the largest fish biomass in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, around Turkey and Greece, the waters were bare” – Enric Sala, National Geographic Society.

Invasive species and pollinator decline, compensating crises?

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Here on Bitsofscience.org we try to keep things simple. CCD is bad. Invasive species are bad. But sometimes complex reality forces you to consider more pragmatic views. Or at least that’s what two Princeton researchers would argue.

Quantifying the invasive species problem, Florida´s case: 137 non-native reptiles & amphibians

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

Last week we took a look at the slowness of species migration before the age of the 747. Today we speed up time by a thousand – to get to the ecological reality of globalisation.

Inter-ocean transport before the age of globalisation

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Rolf Schuttenhelm

What happens on a daily basis now, used to occur just twice in millions of years – for this one horn snail at least. Snail’s airlift chance before age of globalisation: mistaking heron’s leg for reed?

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Globalising a planet: tourists bring invasive species to Antarctica

Mediterranean biodiversity versus a globalising planet: from Suez Canal to your tuna pizza

Invasive species and pollinator decline, compensating crises?

Quantifying the invasive species problem, Florida´s case: 137 non-native reptiles & amphibians

Inter-ocean transport before the age of globalisation