Fungal infection affecting frogs' future
Researchers have identified how a fungal skin infection is wiping out our native frog species at an alarming rate.
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Novel methodology projects growth of native trees, enhancing return on investment in forest restoration
Interest in forest restoration has increased in recent years, both on the part of companies and financial markets and in academia and government. This is particularly the case in Brazil, whose government has pledged since ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2024
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A non-native tree species reclaims its prominence after extreme weather
The long-term effects on forests of more extreme climate events, plus other drivers of forest change, are highly uncertain. A new study of the tropical forests across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), spanning ...
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Mar 15, 2023
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Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon that could help offset climate change
Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees themselves.
Environment
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If trees could talk: Using historic log structures to map migration of Europeans, Native Americans
Log cabins in West Virginia's Appalachian Mountains have a story to tell: when people leave, the forest takes over.
Archaeology
Jan 8, 2020
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Why you should count your chickens (and kookaburras, lorikeets or other backyard birds)
This year is the tenth annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count, which Professor Simon Griffith says highlights the important role citizen science projects play in our understanding of changes taking place in our world.
Plants & Animals
Oct 20, 2023
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Secret weapon to stop invasive honeysuckle: Satellites
One common invasive species is so widespread that you can see it from space.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2020
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To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore bat habitat
Bats have lived with coronaviruses for millennia. Details are still hazy about how one of these viruses evolved into SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID in humans. Did it go directly from bats to humans or via another animal species? ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2022
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Tree cover helps gray foxes coexist with coyotes in the country
As coyotes have spread outside their native range into the eastern United States, they've been known to harass and kill North Carolina's two native species of fox. A new study finds that preserving tree cover may be essential ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2022
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Sheep farmers could profit by shifting to forest, research shows
British sheep farmers could profit from allowing their land to naturally regenerate into forest, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
Environment
Sep 2, 2020
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