Drones and DNA tracking: How these high-tech tools are helping nature heal
Technology has undoubtedly contributed to global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.
Environment
Jun 28, 2022
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News tagged with planting trees
Expose 'greenwashing' but do not ignore nature-based solutions to climate change, insists expert
Nature-based solutions must not be forgotten in the drive to stabilize the climate. But care must be taken to ensure they are not hijacked or misused to "greenwash" emissions, insists Oxford biodiversity expert, Professor ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2022
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Invasive species are taking over Ohio forests
A new botanical survey of southwest Ohio found that invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are crowding out many native plants.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2022
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Multi-dimensional approach is needed to protect woody plants in Xishuangbanna
Xishuangbanna, a tropical–subtropical forest transition, is a key biodiversity hotspot in Southwest of China. However, rapid expansion of rubber plantations in the region increasingly threatens local diversity and there ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 10, 2022
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Research finds tree plantations encroaching on essential ecosystems
Trees store carbon, filter the air, create habitat, and supply a host of other benefits for animals and people. Planting the right trees, in the right places, in consultation with local communities, can support goals like ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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Unlocking the secrets of maple syrup, one molecule at a time
Nature conceals a phenomenal number of molecules as varied as they are imperceptible. The plant kingdom is particularly chemically complex.
Other
May 10, 2022
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With climate catastrophe looming, experts say world also needs carbon removal solutions
Elisabeth Gilmore compares the world's urgent need to find alternatives to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air to a family bank balance depleted by a shopping spree.
Environment
May 2, 2022
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Forest trees also take up nanoplastics
Plastic is a petroleum product that is extremely slow to decompose. According to the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, a plastic bag takes 10 to 20 years, a plastic straw 200 years and a plastic bottle 450 ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2022
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No longer a last resort: Pulling CO2 from the air
To save the world from the worst ravages of climate change, slashing carbon pollution is no longer enough—CO2 will also need to be sucked out of the atmosphere and buried, a landmark UN report is expected to say on Monday.
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Huge spiders to colonize US East Coast, but maybe it's a good thing
Big and scary-looking Joro spiders have spread from Asia to the southern United States and are now poised to colonize the country's cooler climes—but they're nothing to fear and might end up actually helping local ecosystems.
Ecology
Mar 11, 2022
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