Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the kind of mass extinctions not seen since the retreat of glaciers and arrival of humans about 13,000 years ago, cautions a new study published ...
Ecology
Aug 24, 2020
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When historians and paleoecologists work directly together to study the past (what is called a consilience-driven approach) we are able to develop much more nuanced explanations for the role of people (or climate) as a cause ...
Archaeology
Jul 30, 2020
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Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more common as people continue to transform natural habitats into agricultural land, according to a new Stanford study.
Ecology
Apr 8, 2020
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Scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) have reported in a paper published in the journal Oikos that bats forage on their own in insect-rich forests, but hunt collectively in groups ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2020
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A new study in the journal Nature Sustainability overturns long-held interpretations of the role humans played in shaping the American landscape before European colonization. The findings give new insight into the rationale ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2020
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University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests according to a new study. The small woodlands, sometimes even smaller than a football field, can easily go unnoticed in agricultural ...
Environment
Dec 2, 2019
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How do humans affect forest fires? And what can we learn from forest fires in the past for the future of forestry? An international team of researchers led by Elisabeth Dietze, formerly at the German Research Centre for Geosciences ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2019
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Connected areas of high-quality forest running through oil palm plantations could help support increased levels of biodiversity, new research suggests.
Environment
Aug 20, 2019
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CABI has led an international team of scientists who strongly suggest that the global trade of forest tree seeds is not as safe as previously believed, with insect pests and fungal pathogens posing a great risk to trees and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2019
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