How restoration can help coral reefs
Record-high sea temperatures are bleaching coral reefs worldwide and putting a new focus on attempts to restore these key marine ecosystems.
Ecology
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'Breathing smoke': Brazil's Pantanal wetlands hit by record fires
Erica Cristina has been "breathing in smoke every day" since a large fire broke out across the river from the city of Corumba, the gateway to Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands.
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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Survey finds public perception of scientists' credibility has slipped
New analyses from the Annenberg Public Policy Center find that public perceptions of scientists' credibility—measured as their competence, trustworthiness, and the extent to which they are perceived to share an individual's ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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Wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale temporarily affect other carnivores, humans have influence as well
In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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How forest fires also have an impact on lakes
The forest fires in Canada during the summer of 2023 were particularly devastating. With the destructive impact on human infrastructure, plumes of smoke covering thousands of square kilometers and millions of tons of CO2 ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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Lichen partnerships challenged by changes in the Northwoods
Lichen, which people may think of as a single organism, is in fact a community of several species that depend on each other for survival. Lichen symbiosis includes at least one fungus and one alga, along with other fungi ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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Jordanians keen to harness community benefits of energy transition
Jordan has outstanding potential for renewable energy generation. Government backing for the country's energy transition was strong through to 2019, but has dropped off since then.
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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Researchers address ocean paradox with 55 gallons of fluorescent dye
For the first time, researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography led an international team that directly measured cold, deep water upwelling via turbulent mixing along the slope of a submarine canyon ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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San Diego's plan to help beach neighborhoods survive, and thrive, as seas rise
Six projects proposed for San Diego's coastal areas are part of a comprehensive campaign to prepare every city neighborhood for the worst effects of climate change—wildfires, floods, extreme heat and sea-level rise.
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can't keep up, study says
Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can't keep up.
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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