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Global EV Adoption Fails to Cut CO₂ - Study
There's little point in buying an electric vehicle if you're charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels.
Tree Rings Track Atmospheric Mercury Cheaply
Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a study conducted in the Peruvian Amazon and published April 8 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.
Caspian Sea Decline Threatens Endangered Seals and Coastal Communities
Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research led by the University of Leeds has found.
HKU Ecologists Lead International Effort to Understand Declining Insect Biodiversity in the Tropics
A team of ecologists from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are leading an international initiative to investigate the decline of insect populations in the world’s tropical forests.
Healthy Forests Require Combined Deer and Invasive Shrub Control
“Control of only invasive shrubs will reduce native cover and not improve tree regeneration,” says David Gorchov, Ph.D., and Miami University (Ohio) biology professor.