Opinion: The true damage of invasive alien species was just revealed in a landmark report—here's how we must act
Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.
Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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All countries have a variety of water resources—some are on the surface, like rivers, and some are beneath the ground. This groundwater provides almost 50% of all global domestic use and 43% of all the water used for agriculture.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2023
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government continues to be tied up in a massive scandal over its plans to remove lands from Ontario's Greenbelt—including the integrity commissioner's finding that the housing minister broke ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2023
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Increasing populations and the search for social and economic opportunities are driving people to move from rural to urban areas. Approximately four percent of the global area is urbanized and half of the world's population ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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The ivory palm tree, also known as tagua, is endemic to the Chocó-Darien region on the Pacific coast of South America. The local population relies on this unique tree for many uses and the tagua fruit, nuts, and leaves ...
Ecology
Aug 24, 2023
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For centuries, human activity has intentionally or unintentionally driven the spread of plant species to areas far outside their native habitat. On average, about 10% of non-native species worldwide become invasive, often ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2023
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Biodiversity is the basis of ecosystem services, and the two are closely related. Earlier studies have assessed their relationship at the regional or watershed scale.
Ecology
Aug 23, 2023
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Warmer temperatures and increasing drought severity associated with climate change are contributing to more frequent and more severe wildfires across North America.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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Ecosystem services (ESs) provide a variety of services and benefits for human well-being, but the supply-demand mechanism of ecosystem services under different spatio-temporal scales is unclear.
Ecology
Aug 21, 2023
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A lot of municipalities work with a points system to encourage construction projects to take biodiversity and creating green areas into account. But this way of working also benefits local neighborhoods and residents, master's ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2023
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