An Oregon State University-led collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science.
Ecology
Sep 12, 2023
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Land use and land-use change are thought to be responsible for about 23% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. But nailing down this number with certainty has been hampered by a lack of data in many key regions of the ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2020
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With a rise in the number of wildfires in Saskatchewan and beyond each year, burnt landscapes stripped of plant life are becoming more common. Most creatures find a burnt environment uninhabitable, but a University of Saskatchewan ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2022
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An invasive grass causing havoc in Texas and contributing to wildfires packs a one-two wallop against native plants. Guinea grass uses a combination of crowding that blocks out light from growing seedlings and what amounts ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2023
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When saltwater inundates coastal forests as sea levels rise, it kills salt-sensitive trees, leaving "ghost forests" of bare snags behind. A new study from North Carolina State University explores how changes in vegetation ...
Ecology
May 9, 2019
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To better understand the future of Earth's changing ecosystems, a team from The University of New Mexico and colleagues from around the United States are part of a network of scientists that have been generating careful, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2021
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Colorado forests stricken by wildfire are not regenerating as well as expected and may partially transform into grasslands and shrublands in coming decades, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Environment
Jan 31, 2017
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Who's stronger? A solitary leopard or cackle of hyenas? And which is best at getting along with humans?
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2024
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Antidepressants can help humans emerge from the darkness of depression. Expose crayfish to antidepressants, and they too become more outgoing—but that might not be such a positive thing for these freshwater crustaceans, ...
Ecology
Jun 15, 2021
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Domestic cats that regularly catch wild animals still get most of their nutrition from food provided at home, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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