Choice matters: The environmental costs of producing meat, seafood
Which food type is more environmentally costly to produce—livestock, farmed seafood, or wild-caught fish?
Environment
Jun 11, 2018
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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Experimentation essential in saving Earth's degraded land
Global land degradation is now so severe that hundreds of millions of hectares of land need to be restored back to health. Under the Bonn Challenge, nations have taken on the task of restoring 350 million hectares of degraded ...
Environment
May 8, 2018
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Lizards, mice, bats and other vertebrates are important pollinators too
Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and even lizards, also serve as pollinators. Although less familiar as flower visitors than insect ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2018
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Incorporating natural processes to exploit ecological forces and drive recovery of coral reef ecosystems is imperative
Global declines of coral reefs—particularly in the Caribbean—have spurred efforts to grow corals in underwater nurseries and transplant them to enable recovery. However, current approaches rarely incorporate the key ecological ...
Environment
Apr 4, 2018
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Marine charities net more than iconic fishery
Massachusetts boasts one of the most iconic fisheries in the U.S., but new research suggests that protecting marine coastlines has surpassed commercial fishing as an economic driver.
Ecology
Mar 8, 2018
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Socioecological network finds space for cattle, fish, and people in the big mountain west
Tension between the needs of cattle and fish is a source decades of controversy in northeast Oregon's Blue Mountains. Endangered bull trout, steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, and sockeye salmon require cold, clear water in ...
Ecology
Feb 9, 2018
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Study highlights importance of vertebrate pollinators
The importance of birds, mammals and reptiles for pollinating plants around the world is the subject of a major new study involving the University of East Anglia.
Ecology
Feb 6, 2018
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Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China—the world's largest electricity-generating facility.
Environment
Jan 22, 2018
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Protecting the wild: professor helps to minimize recreation disturbance to wildlife
Nature and outdoor enthusiasts seek to enjoy recreational activities such as hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and camping. However, sometimes appreciating nature's beauty comes at a cost to wildlife.
Ecology
Nov 3, 2017
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Cannabis crop expansion into forests threatens wildlife habitat, causes other environmental damage
Planting cannabis for commercial production in remote locations is creating forest fragmentation, stream modification, soil erosion and landslides. Without land-use policies to limit its environmental footprint, the impacts ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2017
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