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Africa's protected parks and reserves are capable of supporting three to four times as many wild lions if well funded and managed, according to...
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Projected global warming will likely decrease the extent of temperate drylands by a third over the remainder of the 21st century coupled with an...
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Almost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers is lost through over-eating or waste, a study suggests.
The world population consumes around...
The secret of scientists who impact policy
Why does some research lead to changes in public policy, while other studies of equal quality do not?
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Unsung hero of science: Assessment
Katharine Mach, who served as co-director of science on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will present her most recent findings on the...
It's more than just climate change
A new scientific paper by a University of Maryland-led international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there...
Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environment
Roads are causing rapid evolutionary change in wild populations of plants and animals according to a Concepts and Questions paper published in Frontiers in...
Outdoor air pollution tied to millions of preterm births
Scientists have published a major study which links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year.
The study, which was led by a...
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