A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America's most endangered ecosystems.

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Emerging from the worst drought in 50 years, US farmers are bracing for long-term challenges from climate change including blasting heat and more capricious rainfall.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 13, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers working to increase the number of bridled nailtail wallabies in Queensland Australia, have discovered that stopping the practice of culling dingoes in the area did not change the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 05, 2012 4.3 / 5 (4) 1 |

The earth's limited surface is expected to stretch to everything: food for soon to be nine billion people, feed for our beef cattle and fowl, fuel for our cars, forests for our paper, cotton for our clothes. What is more, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 06, 2012 4.3 / 5 (4) 1 |

During the past decade, voluntary contracts called conservation easements have become a popular method for conserving land.

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 31, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

The global spread of native trees and shrubs into open grazing land and abandoned farms can bring unexpected environmental and economic benefits, a major new international study has found.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 01, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

Kenya's persistent and bruising drought is having a serious impact on the country's wildlife, one of its main tourist attractions, obliging the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to feed hippos to keep them alive.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 30, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0