Researchers: If left alone, tropical forests can recover on their own surprisingly fast
Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture and other uses at alarming rates.
Tropical forests are being cleared for agriculture and other uses at alarming rates.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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Monsoons are found not only in South Asia; they are part of a global-scale circulation that affects almost all tropical regions (e.g., Australian monsoon, African monsoon, etc.). One occurs in North America too, the North ...
Environment
Nov 24, 2021
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Global warming will cause the world's soil to release carbon, new research shows.
Environment
Nov 18, 2021
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Today, rainforest covers much of Central Africa, but scarce fossil records suggest ice ages may have caused the forest to shrink and fragment, giving way to savannahs.
Environment
Oct 13, 2021
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The deforestation of the tropical rainforests is progressing unstoppably. According to scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), these forests are becoming fragmented at a higher rate than expected. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2021
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The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores—organisms that break down and remove dead plant and animal matter—may have dire consequences, an international team of scientists suggests in a new ...
Ecology
Jul 2, 2021
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Recent research—published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June 2021—examines current and projected climate change impacts on water security across the world's drylands up to the year 2100.
Environment
Jun 15, 2021
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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, was a short interval of highly elevated global temperatures 56 million years ago that is frequently described as the best ancient analog for present-day climate warming.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 25, 2021
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Pollinators in the tropics are less likely to thrive in intensive croplands, finds a new study led by UCL researchers suggesting bees and butterflies are at risk of major losses.
Ecology
May 18, 2021
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Tropical cyclones like typhoons may invoke imagery of violent winds and storm surges flooding coastal areas, but with the heavy rainfall these storms may bring, another major hazard they can cause is landslides—sometimes ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2021
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