Larger conservation areas didn't protect animals in central Africa
Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research suggests.
Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research suggests.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2021
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Potential climate-related impacts on future crop yield are a major societal concern, according to a new study published in Nature Food.
Agriculture
Nov 1, 2021
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For the second straight year, the world heads into a new La Nina weather event. This would tend to dry out parts of an already parched and fiery American West and boost an already busy Atlantic hurricane season.
Environment
Oct 14, 2021
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Today, rainforest covers much of Central Africa, but scarce fossil records suggest ice ages may have caused the forest to shrink and fragment, giving way to savannahs.
Environment
Oct 13, 2021
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The full magnitude of the impact of smoke from seasonal fires in Central Africa—and in particular, the potential climate warming from the absorption by the black carbon component of the aerosol—is underestimated by some ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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Tropical rainforests are the most biodiverse habitats on Earth. They are home to a huge number of different plants, animals, fungi and other organisms. These forests are primarily spread over three continents, concentrated ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2021
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Reduced agricultural production, water scarcity, rising sea levels and other adverse effects of climate change could cause up to 216 million people to leave their homes and migrate within their own countries by 2050, the ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2021
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Longer, hotter and drier spells in countries around the world due to climate change could hit important global crops within the next 50 years.
Environment
Sep 9, 2021
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Lions and cheetahs are closer to extinction than the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species suggests, according to conservation scientists who warn that sharp drops in populations could be going undetected.
Ecology
Sep 1, 2021
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New research shows how deforestation and population growth have greatly impacted landslide risk in the Kivu Rift. This is what researchers from KU Leuven, the Royal Museum for Central Africa and ULB established from an analysis ...
Environment
Aug 19, 2021
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