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Species richness -- the number of different species in a given ecological community -- is not the only, nor necessarily the best, way to...
Abundance of microbe diversity key to healthy coastal ecosystem
Symbiotic bacteria that live inside the gill cells of Lucinidae clams located in coastal seagrass meadows play a crucial role in the clam's survival...
On the road to Paris: The shifting landscape of carbon dioxide reduction
Researchers have found that current forecasts call for the US electric power sector to meet the 2020 and 2025 CO2 reduction requirements in the...
Palm oil: Less fertilizer and no herbicide but same yield?
Environmentally friendlier palm oil production could be achieved with less fertilizer and no herbicide, while maintaining profits. These are the encouraging preliminary results of...
Scientists declare climate emergency, establish global indicators for effective action
A global coalition of scientists says 'untold human suffering' is unavoidable without deep and lasting shifts in human activities that contribute to greenhouse gas...
Changes in high-altitude winds over the South Pacific produce long-term effects
In the past million years, the high-altitude winds of the southern westerly wind belt, which spans nearly half the globe, didn't behave as uniformly...
What we can learn from Indigenous land management
First Nations peoples' world view and connection to Country provide a rich source of knowledge and innovations for better land and water management policies...
Lost trees hugely overrated as environmental threat, study finds
Cutting down trees inevitably leads to more carbon in the environment, but deforestation's contributions to climate change are vastly overestimated, according to a new...
Sea levels to continue rising after Paris agreement emission pledges expire in 2030
Sea levels will continue to rise around the world long after current carbon emissions pledges made through the Paris climate agreement are met and...
Invasive species short-circuiting benefits from mercury reduction in the Great Lakes
According to a new study, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent...
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