What does carbon offset actually mean for US forests?
While cars, airplanes and factories are busy spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, trees spend much of their time absorbing this harmful greenhouse gas via photosynthesis.
While cars, airplanes and factories are busy spewing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, trees spend much of their time absorbing this harmful greenhouse gas via photosynthesis.
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2023
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Around 50 million years ago there were extensive, lush deciduous forests in the polar regions of the Arctic, where today there is sparse vegetation. The forests existed due to the conditions in the Eocene—a combination ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 7, 2023
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It seems intuitive that forests would provide better habitat for forest-dwelling wildlife than farms. Yet, in one of the longest-running studies of tropical wildlife populations in the world, Stanford researchers found that ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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Tropical forests in South America lose their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere when conditions become exceptionally hot and dry, according to new research.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2023
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Here's a climate solution we can all get behind: don't kill elephants. Or poach gorillas—or wipe out tapirs, hornbills, or other large-bodied wildlife that eat fruit and disperse large seeds. That's because a new paper ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2023
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A portion of Amazonian lowland rainforest—areas critical to absorbing carbon dioxide and buffering climate change—may morph over time into dry, grassy savannas, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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By monitoring the calls of spider monkeys, researchers have shown what level of human activity they will tolerate, helping guide conservation.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2023
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With an extendable pole fitted with a small camera, Alison Ke could get a clear view of the inside of a nest box, including one time when a small, green Pacific parrotlet laid eggs. Ke, who earned a Ph.D. in ecology from ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2023
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Months of hot and dry weather created the tinderbox-like conditions behind this year's record-breaking wildfires in Canada, leading scientists to point the finger at climate change.
Environment
Aug 23, 2023
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Birds native to the tropical Andes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else, are threatened by increasing agricultural development in the region. A new study details how the resulting habitat loss affects specific species ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2023
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