A remote oasis in Tunisia's desert was exhausted by decades of wasteful water use for agriculture—but now pioneers around an eco-lodge are reviving the spot with innovative projects.
Environment
Mar 20, 2022
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A supportive environment can bring out the best in an individual—even for a bird.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2022
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A new study led by Monash University biologists has found that higher temperatures may reduce effects of antidepressant pollution on wildlife.
Ecology
Feb 9, 2022
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Picture a mature, broad-branched tree like an oak, maple or fig. How does it reproduce so that its offspring don't grow up in its shadow, fighting for light?
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2022
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The world's oceans are hotter than ever before, continuing their record-breaking temperature streak for the sixth straight year. The finding based on the latest data through 2021 comes at the end of the first year of the ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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Although time is in short supply in the war against the lionfish invasion in the Atlantic and Caribbean, a University of Alberta study suggests taking time to plan the where, when and who of this fight will give wildlife ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2022
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We are now producing more food more efficiently than ever, and there is plenty to go around for a human population of 7 billion. But it is coming at a drastic cost in environmental degradation, and the bounty is not reaching ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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Planting trees and suppressing wildfires do not necessarily maximize the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study has found that prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils of temperate ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2021
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In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and closely related Mojave yuccas, which normally remain reproductively dormant until late spring, were in full ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2021
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New tools developed by University of Alberta researchers will better track methane emissions from northern permafrost ecosystems, ultimately allowing for more accurate global predictions of future greenhouse gas emissions.
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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