Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

A Look Back Suggests More Catastrophic Fires Ahead for Western U.S.

Anderson said increased fuel loads in the forest are a result of fire suppression, a practice that, when combined with a projection of increasingly drier…

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Study IDs New Marine Protected Areas for Madagascar

New Study uses innovative method for establishing range of conservation options along the coast of Madagascar Madagascar now has a roadmap for proposed one…

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Indigenous Wisdom: Lessons on Plant Biodiversity and Climate Action

Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that…

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Coral Reef Study Reveals Overfishing’s Hidden Impacts

A study of the tropical coral reef system along the coastline of Kenya has found dramatic effects of overfishing that could threaten the long-term health of…

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New Turtle Species Polysternon Isonae Discovered in Isona

Josep Marmi, Angel Lujan, Angel Galobart from ICP, Rodrigo Gaete from MDC, and Violeta and Oms Oriol Riera from UAB have named this new species as Polysternon…

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Orangutan Trader Sentenced: A Step Towards Conservation

The seven-month prison sentence is only the third for Indonesia, despite orangutans being strictly protected under Indonesian law since 1924.Although there…

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Rising Temperatures Shift Bird Migration Patterns in 2023

The reason, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers, is rising temperatures due to climate change.Using migration information…

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Blue Light Triggers Red Tide Blooms, Study Reveals

Though the precise causes of red tides remain a mystery, a team of researchers in the United States and Spain has solved one of the main riddles about these…

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Research May Save Florida Bird, Help Conservationists Everywhere

New research published online today in The Royal Society’s journal Biology Letters shows that “clustered habitat networks” are needed to maintain the genetic…

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Ecosystem Modelers Crack Mystery of Environmental Change

As scientists warn that the Earth is on the brink of a period of mass extinctions, they are struggling to identify ecosystem responses to environmental change….

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Local Coral-Eating Sea Star Invaders Disrupt Reef Ecosystems

Outbreaks can consume live corals over large areas, a change that can promote algal growth, alter reef fish populations, and reduce the aesthetic value of…

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Rare Fungus Threatens Endangered Rattlesnakes in Illinois

The eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus), a candidate for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act, suffers from habitat…

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Learning from History: Enhancing Ecological Forecasting

“Environmental change is altering the composition and function of ecological communities,” says the Bryson Professor of Climate, People, and the Environment in…

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Conservation Risks Rise for Fisheries Off Canada, Mexico, Peru, NZ

Combining economic outlook and fisheries population growth rates for all countries currently reported to fish in the ocean, UBC fisheries researchers William…

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Models Underestimate Future Temperature Variability; Food Security at Risk

Current climate models do not adequately reflect feedbacks from the relationship between the atmosphere and soil, which causes them to underestimate the…

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Staghorn Coral Transplanted by Nova Southeastern University Researchers to Broward County Reef

In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted Friday to a threatened reef off the Broward County coast by researchers at Nova…

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