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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
In response to recent devastating wildfire seasons in Alberta, a new tool is helping communities in the province determine, reduce and better manage their risk as forecasts suggest these events will become more frequent.
Sea cucumbers are the ocean's janitors, cleaning the seabed and recycling nutrients back into the water.
Saltmarshes are net ‘sinks’ of carbon dioxide, according to pioneering research led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Droughts are usually blamed on a lack of rain, but a team led by researchers at the School of Geography and the Environment has shown that there’s something else at work: the atmosphere itself is demanding more water out of the soil, rivers, and plants.
Virginia Tech joined a global research team that tracked more than 100 species and identified ocean hotspots critical for protecting threatened marine megafauna that fall beyond current conservation zones.
The study analysed data from 11 reserves in the Greater Kruger region of South Africa between 2017 and 2023.
