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Remote Sensing Helps Track Carbon Storage in Mangroves
Mangrove forests store huge amounts of carbon but figuring out how much is stored globally is challenging.
UBC-Led Team to Find Out How to Feed the World While Protecting Nature With New Grant
An international team led by UBC researchers will study five case studies across five continents to model a range of solutions to an urgent question: how can we feed everyone on Earth, and those to come, sustainably?
Wildlife–Human Conflicts Could Shift With Climate Change
As natural areas become increasingly fragmented, the potential for humans and wildlife to interact is growing.
New Hybrid Machine Learning Forecasts Lake Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change
Throughout the middle of the 20th century, phosphorus inputs from detergents and fertilizers degraded the water quality of Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, spurring officials to take action to remediate pollution in the 1970s.
Agriculture Emissions Pose Risks to Health and Climate
Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.