When Yashi Parmar landed in the remote northern hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, on Baffin Island last summer, she was shown a number of steel barrels that had once contained an unidentified toxic substance.
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NW Forest Plan 25 Years Later: Wildfire Losses Up, Bird Populations Down
Twenty-five years into a 100-year federal strategy to protect older forests in the Pacific Northwest, forest losses to wildfire are up and declines in bird populations have not been reversed, new research shows.
Everything in Moderation
Strategies for growing biomass for fuel can have ecological and environmental benefits.
Optimizing Solar Farms with Smart Drones
As the solar industry has grown, so have some of its inefficiencies.
Environmental Regulations May Have Unintended Consequences in Energy Production
Efforts to preserve natural ecosystems may lead to more greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientists Strategize for Better Conservation Plans
New research estimates species’ niche by treating above, below taxonomic levels.