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Conservation Commitments Should Focus on the Best Places to Protect Rare Species, New Study Suggests
The study comes in response to the UK Government’s pledge to protect 30 per cent of land to support the recovery of nature by 2030, made last September.
Researchers Explore How Incentivizing Conservation Might Boost Water Sustainability
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are investigating how voluntary incentives could be used to enhance the sustainability of water resources and freshwater ecosystems.
New Method Makes It Easier to Predict Algae Blooms
Important implications for food production and environmental monitoring.
Corals Roll With the Punches
A new study suggests corals may be able to cope with climate change in the coming decades better than previously thought—but will still struggle with ever-faster rates of climate change.
Nature’s Archive Reveals Atlantic Tempests Through Time
Atlantic hurricanes don’t just come and go. They leave clues to their passage through the landscape that last centuries or more. Rice University scientists are using these natural archives to find signs of storms hundreds of years before satellites allowed us to watch them in real time.