Beavers are well established and moving through the Oregon Coast Range
Beavers are often translocated to restore populations in areas, reduce their conflicts with humans and to take advantage of their ability to improve ecosystems....
Turning thermal energy into electricity
With the addition of sensors and enhanced communication tools, providing lightweight, portable power has become even more challenging. New research demonstrated a new approach...
Upcycled manure may ignite new sustainable fertilizing trend
Judiciously decomposing organic matter from 700 degrees Fahrenheit to 1,200 degrees F, without oxygen -- a process known as pyrolysis -- and retaining nutrients...
Location and intensity of global threats to biodiversity
Using a novel modelling approach, new research reveals the location and intensity of key threats to biodiversity on land and identifies priority areas across...
Extreme sea levels at different global warming levels
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01127-1Combining previous estimates in a multimethod approach, extreme sea levels are assessed under global warming levels...
Robust decrease in El Niño/Southern Oscillation amplitude under long-term warming
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01099-2The impact of climate warming on El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) amplitude is uncertain in centennial-scale model...
The declining tropical carbon sink
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 30 August 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01135-1Observational data from long-term monitoring plots show that the carbon sink of remaining, undisturbed African and...
Global sand and gravel extraction conflicts with half of UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sand and gravel are the most mined materials in the world, with between 32 and 50 billion tons extracted globally each year. They are...
Carbon neutrality – a new policy brief for municipalities world wide
How to design efficient demo areas for urban carbon sequestration? In the latest policy brief research groups focus on the main principles of urban...
Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing
Academics have been monitoring the Lyme Bay Marine Protected area using underwater cameras and other techniques since 2008, but this is the first known...
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