Iconic African wildlife such as elephants, big cats and rosewood trees will be central to discussions of the World Wildlife Conference slated for Panama later this year.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2022
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Efforts to eradicate a human parasitic disease are being hampered by dogs eating infected fish, new research shows.
Ecology
Dec 14, 2021
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Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a "last stronghold" of the magnificent creatures, ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2021
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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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