Previous studies have shown that engineered nanomaterials can be transferred from prey to predator, but the ecological impacts of this are mostly unknown. In particular, it is not known if these ...

The concentrations of many historically used, and now widely banned, pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- called legacy contaminants -- can become magnified in an animal that eats contaminated food ...

Researchers have produced a groundbreaking study of how nanoparticles are able to biomagnify in a simple microbial food chain. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has produced ...

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

Garth Covernton currently receives funding from the University of Toronto Arts and Sciences Fellowship. In the past he has received funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Natural Sciences and ...

Some compounds are neither recycled by decomposers nor are they released into the atmosphere. Instead, they remain in the ecosystem in virtually unchanged form as they are passed from one organism to ...

The Radioecology Laboratory uses state-of-the-art nuclear and isotopic techniques to address Member States' most important coastal and marine ecological challenges and needs. These include studies on ...