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Published People are altering decomposition rates in waterways



Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a gl...
Published Virtual reality better than video for evoking fear, spurring climate action



Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motiv...
Published Solar farms with stormwater controls mitigate runoff, erosion, study finds



As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their im...
Published Scientists develop novel method to estimate biodiversity loss in Singapore over the past two centuries



Scientists have employed novel statistical methods to reveal the extent of biodiversity loss in Sing...
Published New study sheds new light on forests' role in climate and water cycle



Forests, which cover a third of Earth's land surface, are pivotal in carbon storage and the water cy...
Published How is deforested land in Africa used?



Africa's forested areas -- an estimated 14 % of the global forest area -- are continuing to decline...
Published Converting rainforest to plantation impacts food webs and biodiversity



Every day, new areas of rainforests are converted into plantations, drastically changing tropical bi...
Published Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon's perfume-loving orchid bees



A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the...
Published Climate change to shift tropical rains northward



Atmospheric scientists predict that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift no...
Published Protect delicate polar ecosystems by mapping biodiversity



Concerted action is required to mitigate the impact of warming on polar ecosystems and sustainably m ...
Published Boreal forest and tundra regions worst hit over next 500 years of climate change, study shows



Modelling climate change over a 500 year period shows that much of the boreal forest, the Earth's no...
Published Exploring the radiative effects of precipitation on Arctic amplification and energy budget



While, in theory, precipitation impacts the Earth's radiation budget, the radiative effects of preci ...
Published Ocean's loss of oxygen caused massive Jurassic extinction: Could it happen again?



Researchers have found a chemical clue in Italian limestone that explains a mass extinction of marin...
Published Frog 'saunas' a lifeline for endangered frog populations



New biologist-designed shelters will help endangered frogs survive the devastating impacts of a dead ...
Published Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change



Researchers predict that climate change will drive a substantial redistribution of brown seaweeds an...
Published North Sea oil and gas extraction spikes pollution by 10,000 percent, study finds



North Sea oil and gas extraction can cause pollution to spike by more than 10,000 percent within hal...
Published As human activities expand in Antarctica, scientists identify crucial conservation sites



Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosyst...
Published Scientists call for an update in environmental decision making that takes human rights into account



Researchers argue that to protect human wellbeing global decisions with the potential to impact the ...
Published Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned -- or thinned



A 20-year experiment in the Sierra Nevada confirms that different forest management techniques -- pr...
Published Greenhouse gases in oceans are altered by climate change impact on microbes



The ocean is a global life-support system, and climate change causes such as ocean warming, acidific...