Carbon is a universal building block of life—it's in almost every product we make and use, from the cement we walk on to the plastic packaging used for shipping products and the tires on cars and trucks. And while some ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2021
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A common belief in nature conservation is that people need to "know nature" in order to care about it. However, new research has found that farmers in the Brazilian Amazon can develop strong connections with nature despite ...
Environment
Feb 10, 2021
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Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet supporting an estimated 25 percent of all marine species. These biologically rich ecosystems are threatened by multiple stressors, from warming ocean temperatures ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2020
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Two of humanity's biggest problems—the climate crisis and abysmal eating habits—can partly be solved by one healthy solution: Eating more food from tropical trees. While global trends in agriculture and diets are not ...
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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Worldwide demand for food from the tropics that meets higher environmental and social standards has risen sharply in recent years. Consumers often have to make ethically questionable decisions: products may be available to ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2020
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A University of Queensland-led research team has revealed that many endangered mammal species are dependent on protected areas, and would likely vanish without them.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2020
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The populations of common animals are just as likely to rise or fall in number in a time of accelerating global change as those of rare species, a study suggests.
Ecology
Sep 2, 2020
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As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand, at a very personal level, the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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Butterflies are considered bioindicators of environmental change. In a study published in Insect Science, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) found that butterfly diversity in tropical rainforests ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2020
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In a new study, researchers recently discovered that Indonesia's national anti-poverty program reduced deforestation by about 30%.
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2020
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