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Reading Rock to Understand How Climate Change Unfolds
Geologists reads rock,
looking for the natural
rules that govern the
Earth’s climate in the
absence of human activity.
New work is challenging many
... > full story
No-Win Situation for Agricultural Expansion in the Amazon
The large-scale expansion of
agriculture in the Amazon
through deforestation will
be a no-win scenario,
according to a new study.
The study shows that
... > full story
U.S. Urban Trees Store Carbon, Provide Billions in Economic Value, Finds State-by-State Analysis
America's urban forests
store an estimated 708
million tons of carbon, an
environmental service with
an estimated value of
... > full story
As Climate Changes, Boreal Forests to Shift North and Relinquish More Carbon Than Expected
New research maps how
Earth's myriad climates --
and the ecosystems that
depend on them -- could move
from one area to another as
... > full story
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Climate Change May Have Little Impact on Tropical Lizards: Study Contradicts Predictions of Widespread Extinction
May 17, 2013 — Climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ... > full story -
Helping Forests Gain Ground on Climate Change
May 15, 2013 — Researchers in Canada have developed guidelines being used by foresters and the timber industry to get a jump on climate change when planting ... > full story -
Loss of Eastern Hemlock Will Affect Forest Water Use
May 9, 2013 — The loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States could permanently change the area's hydrologic cycle, reports a new ... > full story -
Primate Hibernation More Common Than Previously Thought
May 2, 2013 — Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar. But ... > full story -
In the Northeast, Forests With Entirely Native Flora Are Not the Norm
April 30, 2013 — Two-thirds of all forest inventory plots in the Northeast and Midwestern United States contain at least one non-native plant species, a new US Forest Service study found. The study across two dozen ... > full story -
Sushi for Peccaries?
April 29, 2013 — It turns out the white-lipped peccary —- a piglike animal from Central and South America —- will settle for fish when fruits (its main food) are no longer on the menu, according to ... > full story -
Smoke Signals: How Burning Plants Tell Seeds to Rise from the Ashes
April 29, 2013 — In the spring following a forest fire, trees that survived the blaze explode in new growth and plants sprout in abundance from the scorched earth. For centuries, it was a mystery how seeds, some long ... > full story -
Peculiar Life History of Middle American Stenamma Ants
April 25, 2013 — A recent revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma provides the description of 40 species, 33 of which are recognized as new to science. The extensive study provides the first ... > full story -
Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 23, 2013 — New researchers illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story -
Nitrogen Has Key Role in Estimating Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Land Use Change
April 19, 2013 — A new global-scale modeling study that takes into account nitrogen -- a key nutrient for plants -- estimates that carbon emissions from human activities on land were 40 percent higher in the 1990s ... > full story
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