Cities—home to over half of the world's population—currently account for more than 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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Insect populations are plummeting worldwide, with major consequences for our ecosystems and without us quite knowing why. A new AI method from the University of Copenhagen is set to help monitor and catalog insect biodiversity, ...
Ecology
Feb 23, 2022
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The current wet conditions delivered by La Niña may have caused widespread flooding, but they've also provided a reprieve from the threat of bushfires in southeastern Australia. This is an ideal time to consider how we prepare ...
Environment
Jan 14, 2022
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Figures released this week suggest Australia's koala populations have plummeted by 30% in three years, and fewer than 58,000 now remain in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2021
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Emma can recognize patterns within complex code. James can develop several different solutions when faced with complicated problems. But it is unlikely either will find a job where they can put their specialist skills to ...
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2021
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Simon Fraser University researchers are playing a key role in guiding conservation efforts to protect a declining butterfly population. The eastern monarch butterfly, an important pollinating species known for its distinct ...
Ecology
May 18, 2021
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Technical progress has also found its way into the nature experience of recreational angling. Device innovations such as echo sounders, underwater cameras or drones make it easier to track and catch fish. An international ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2021
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In only 16 years, the Piney Grove Preserve, managed by The Nature Conservancy in Sussex County, has shifted from receiving woodpeckers from other populations to donating woodpeckers to establish a second population in Virginia.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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Between 1992 and 2015, the world's most biologically diverse places lost an area more than three times the size of Sweden when the land was converted to other uses, mainly agriculture, or gobbled up by urban sprawl.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2020
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Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) analyzed genetic material of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) inhabiting Berlin and ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 5, 2020
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