A new study has revealed that fungi, often seen as pests, play a crucial role policing biodiversity in rainforests.
The research, by scientists at Oxford University, the University of Exeter and Sheffield University, found that fungi regulate diversity in rainforests by making dominant species victims of their own success.
Fungi spread quickly between closely-packed plants...
A study by a group of International researchers into the first significant samples of primitive igneous rocks to be taken from deep within the oceanic crust is helping to solve one of geology’s greatest puzzles.
Professor Antony Morris from Plymouth University’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences is part of the team of researchers analysing samples of rock that...
The Devon Local Nature Partnership (LNP) has appointed Suzanne Goodfellow as its chair.
The Partnership was established last year as one of 48 strategic local nature partnerships formed in England, and its board met for the first time in December.
Suzanne will be taking up the voluntary role with the aim of maximising the economic, social and health benefits obtained from...
Devon Environment Foundation (DEF) is delighted to announce that Flete Field Lab , one of the projects it supports, is to receive significant funding from Ofwat’s Water Innovation Fund .
The overall award of £1.5m was made to a partnership led by Anglian Water who are exploring tackling pollution through nature-based solutions. Flete Field Lab, based near Yealmpton, will receive...
New research published in the journal Psychological Science has found that people living in urban areas with more green space tend to report greater wellbeing than city dwellers that don’t have parks, gardens, or other green space nearby.
The research has been led by Dr Mathew White from the University of Exeter Medical School’s European Centre for Environment & Human Health, in...
