Join forces with nature. This should be our land use and coastal and river management strategy. We should not fight nature, but use its power. It is only in this way that we can provide a growing global population with food, ...
Environment
Sep 12, 2013
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Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across their region.
Ecology
Aug 13, 2018
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The Sahel-Sudano-Guinean region has been experiencing significant land use and land cover change in the last decades due to climatic and anthropic impacts. A better understanding of these changes is essential for sustainable ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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A new scientific study by the University of Queensland and BirdLife Australia has shown that volunteer bird watchers have the opportunity to affect better policy to protect threatened birds and their habitats.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2012
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In Oregon, western juniper trees are expanding their range, pushing out other plant species, reducing sagebrush habitat and livestock forage, and at times fueling catastrophic wildfires. During some of these conflagrations, ...
Ecology
Jul 9, 2013
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Scientists working on a rapid assessment technique for determining which US coastal salt marshes are most imperiled by erosion were surprised to find that all eight of the Atlantic and Pacific Coast marshes where they field-tested ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2017
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Wildfires are tearing through some hot, drought-stricken areas of the West, including a massive blaze in Northern California. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are doing to control them:
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2015
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With drought ravaging Australia's eastern states, much attention has been given to the need to provide short-term solutions through drought relief. But long-term resilience is a vital issue, particularly as climate change ...
Environment
Oct 24, 2018
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As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2022
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Private development along the edges of most public forests in Oregon and Washington more than doubled since the 1970s, a new study conducted by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific's Northwest (PNW) Research Station has found.
Environment
Dec 3, 2013
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