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Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Blue carbon ecosystems, such as mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrasses, are important for climate mitigation. As carbon sinks, they often exhibit higher per hectare carbon storage capacity and sequestration rates than terrestrial systems. These ecosystems provide additional benefits, including enhancing water quality, sustaining biodiversity, and maintaining coastal resilience to climate change impacts. The widespread loss o...
Global Marine Flyways Identified for Long‐Distance Migrating Seabirds From Tracking DataNARA Subscribed
Aim To identify the broad‐scale oceanic migration routes (‘marine flyways’) used by multiple pelagic, long‐distance migratory seabirds based on a global compilation of tracking data. Location Global. Time Period 1989–2023. Major Taxa Studied Seabirds (Families: Phaethontidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Laridae and Stercorariidae). Methods We collated a comprehensive global tracking dataset that included the mig...
Glaciers have experienced a global trend of recession within the past century. Quantification of glacier variations using satellite imagery has been of great interest due to the importance of glaciers as freshwater resources and as indicators of climate change. Spatiotemporal glacier dynamics must be monitored to quantify glacier variations. The potential methods to quantify spatiotemporal glacier dynamics with increasing comp...
Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public healthNARA Subscribed
The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To assess this threat, we reviewed published evidence of human‐to‐wildlife transmission events, with a focus on how such events could threaten animal and human health. We identified 97 verified examples, involving a wide range of pathogens; however, reported h...
Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree‐ring records of ten globally distributed forestsNARA Subscribed
Tree rings provide an invaluable long‐term record for understanding how climate and other drivers shape tree growth and forest productivity. However, conventional tree‐ring analysis methods were not designed to simultaneously test effects of climate, tree size, and other drivers on individual growth. This has limited the potential to test ecologically relevant hypotheses on tree growth sensitivity to environmental drivers and...
Plasma zinc concentrations (PZC) have been shown to significantly increase during zinc supplementation. This study investigated the effects of daily preventive zinc supplementation on hair and nail zinc concentrations compared with a control group. In a randomized controlled trial, 6- to 23-month-old children ( n = 3407) in Lao PDR were randomly assigned to one of four groups and followed for ~ 36 weeks: daily preventive zinc...
Functional and genomic insights into the pathogenesis of B urkholderia species to riceNARA Subscribed
Summary A number of species of bacteria from the genus B urkholderia have been shown to be causal agents of diseases of rice. These diseases, caused by B urkholderia glumae , B . gladioli and B . plantarii , are becoming increasingly common across the globe. This is particularly so for B . glumae , whose ability to grow at elevated temperatures suggests that it may become a prevalent problem in an era of global warming. Despit...
HD‐GYP domain proteins regulate biofilm formation and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosaNARA Subscribed
Summary HD‐GYP is a protein domain involved in the hydrolysis of the bacterial second messenger cyclic‐di‐GMP. The genome of the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 encodes two proteins (PA4108, PA4781) with an HD‐GYP domain and a third protein, PA2572, which contains a domain with variant key residues (YN‐GYP). Here we have investigated the role of these proteins in biofilm formation, virulence factor synthesis and vir...
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