Until now, efforts for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in developing countries have focused on deforestation, which has…
Anyone that has spent time at a seaside pier has witnessed the destruction barnacles wreak on boat hulls. But biofouling animals are not limited to marine…
Despite an established forest conservation theory holding that tree harvesting should be strictly minimized to prevent the loss of biodiversity and to maintain…
Coal power plants are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and new plants are planned around the world, particularly in India and China. These new power…
The ground breaking study examines the effect that increased aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere, emitted as a result of burning fossil fuels, had on…
National efforts in the last decade to clear the air of dangerous particulate matter have been so successful that most urban areas have already attained the…
A pair of new studies from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University, and the University of Nevada Reno look at the surprising variety of…
Scientists seeking a more efficient way of protecting the heart of Africa's wildlife—the Greater Virunga Landscape—have developed a method to make the most of…
Remote acoustic monitoring among endangered whales is the subject of a major article by two doctoral students in The College of Arts and Sciences.
Most fires in this region are deliberately set for a variety of reasons, including slash and burn agriculture.
March 21 marks World Water Day—and a fitting time to consider one of the most unique mammals in the Earth’s waters.
Two hotels in Swiss and Austrian ski resorts helped with an experiment in early 2013. Three different signs were placed separately in different bathrooms, all…
The value of forests and tree-based ecosystems extends far beyond carbon sequestration; they are the foundation of sustainable societies.
In previous studies, researchers have tracked male and female orchid bees and found that while females stay near their nests, male orchid bees travel, with one…
Despite the fragmented state of global climate policy, such front runner action could reduce future global warming by more than 1 degree if it induced others…
However, as a new study in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences reveals, they also kill un-intended wildlife.
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