Climate change at Mount Rainier to increase 'mismatch' between visitors, wildflowers
Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2020
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Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Soil life thrives between oil palm fronds
The threat to insects and other small creatures from rainforest clearance and the consequences for the environment in tropical regions are recognised. What has not been studied so far is whether, and how, the oil palm plantations ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2020
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Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species, study finds
Using more than 30 years of earth satellite images, scientists at Tufts University and the non-profit conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife have discovered that habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. over ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2020
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Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests
More than a third of the world's vanishing pristine forests are managed by indigenous peoples under threat from development and deforestation, scientists said Tuesday, calling for greater protection.
Environment
Jan 7, 2020
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In the Amazon, protected areas often lose out when the search for energy is on
Addressing policy "blind spots" that allow energy production and mineral exploration to trump environmental protection could help improve the outlook for conservation in the Amazon Basin, according to a new study.
Environment
Oct 8, 2019
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Planes and vehicles main culprits masking iconic natural sounds in peaceful national parks
U.S. national parks are full of natural sounds. In Rocky Mountain National Park, visitors might hear the bugle of elks. At Yellowstone National Park, wolves howl in the distance. Iconic sounds like these are often associated ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2019
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Daylight robbery: how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadows
About half of the coastline of Europe, the United States and Australasia is modified by artificial structures. In newly published research, we identified a new effect of marine urbanisation that has so far gone unrecognised.
Ecology
Jul 4, 2019
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Analysis: World's protected areas safeguard only a fraction of wildlife
A new analysis published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment shows that the world's protected areas (PAs) are experiencing major shortfalls in staffing and resources and are therefore failing on a massive ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2019
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Pop-up parks deliver big benefits in small spaces
Pop-up stores, restaurants, and theaters are an increasingly common sight in cities around the world, where they add to the diversity of commercial options available to city dwellers. But while the pop-up phenomenon is normally ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2019
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Exotic pets can become pests with risk of invasion
A large proportion of successful vertebrate invasions can be traced to the global exotic pet trade. However, surprisingly little is known about the economic, social, and ecological factors that shape the trade and how they ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2019
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