Deforestation endangering the majority of the world's species, says new global research
Hundreds of thousands of species could soon go extinct due to the effects of deforestation, new research examining global data has found.
Hundreds of thousands of species could soon go extinct due to the effects of deforestation, new research examining global data has found.
Environment
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There are at least 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, according to a new study that says even that staggering figure likely underestimates the total population of the insects, which are an essential part of ecosystems around the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2022
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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified timber harvesting areas in Gabon and Congo boast a greater abundance of larger mammals, such as leopards, gorillas, and elephants, than non-FSC forests.
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Apr 10, 2024
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The global warming process may be even more intense than originally forecast unless deforestation can be halted, especially in the tropical regions. This warning has been published in Nature Communications by an international ...
Environment
Mar 7, 2018
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Global concern has risen around the "sustainability" of palm oil in terms of global exportation and the impact on the environment in recent years. Therefore, in 2004, stakeholders from palm oil industry sectors including ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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(Phys.org) —Birds are subjects of great interest to many people. They are often easy-to-spot, charismatic and beautiful. Because of this interest, birds tend to be well-studied, and most years see only a handful of new ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 4, 2013
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A major international collaboration of 356 scientists led by UCL researchers has found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across the world's tropical forests.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2024
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Widely hailed as 'green' sources of renewable energy, hydroelectric dams have been built worldwide at an unprecedented scale. But research from the University of East Anglia reveals that these major infrastructure projects ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
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Biodiversity is one of Earth's most precious resources. However, for most places in the world, scientists only have a tiny picture of what this diversity actually is. Researchers at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ...
Ecology
Feb 21, 2019
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Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India - unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake.
Plants & Animals
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