One of the most serious threats to wildlife biodiversity, in addition to the climate crisis, is the illegal killing and trafficking of animals and plants.
ASU Study: More Than 1.1M Sea Turtles Poached Over Last 3 Decades
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Study: Newly Discovered Predator Damaging our Ecosystems
For Arizona State University’s PhD recent graduate Julie Bethany Rakes, it all started as a failed experiment that ended up being an impactful discovery for the microbiology community.
Over-Reliance on Biomass-Based Carbon Removal Technologies Could Increase Climate and Food Security Risks
To limit global warming to within 2°C above pre-industrial levels, many are putting their hopes on the world’s abundant supply of biomass – materials like wood and wood residues, energy crops, and agricultural remnants – to deploy large-scale bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), the use of which is also assumed to increase considerably in the future.
From the Soil to the Sky
Every day, about one quadrillion gallons of water are silently pumped from the ground to the treetops. Earth’s plant life accomplishes this staggering feat using only sunlight.
Air Quality Monitoring to be Expanded Across NSW Schools
The CleanAir Schools pilot program is being expanded from six to 100 NSW schools over the next two years to better understand the environment that Australia’s children learn and play in.
Bee It Known: Biodiversity Is Critical to Ecosystems
Rutgers has conducted the first study showing how many more species of bees are needed to maintain crop yields when a longer-term time frame is considered.
