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Ravenous Foreign Pests Threaten U.S. National Forests
December 6, 2010 — Foreign pests are eating their way through U.S. national forests, destroying majestic scenery and costing taxpayers millions of ... > full story -
Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change, Study Reveals
December 5, 2010 — A new study reveals that fires in the Alaskan interior have become more severe in the last decade, resulting in more carbon being released than is being stored. About half the world's soil carbon is ... > full story -
Rainforest Conservation Needs a New Direction to Address Climate Change
December 1, 2010 — Conservation and international aid groups may be on the wrong course to address the havoc wreaked by climate change on tropical rainforests, according to scientists. How humans are responding to ... > full story -
Natural Reforestation in Southern Pyrenees Favours Orchid
December 1, 2010 — A 13-year study has been key to understanding how and why an orchid species (Cypripedium calceolus), which is endangered in some countries in Europe, is surviving and recovering in the Pyrenees. The ... > full story -
Breckland, England, Is an Important Biodiversity Hotspot
November 30, 2010 — Scientists are calling for radical new approaches to conservation following the first biodiversity audit of its kind. Covering around 1000 km2, Breckland is one of the driest places in England and ... > full story -
Rainforest Collapse Drove Reptile Evolution
November 29, 2010 — Global warming devastated tropical rainforests 300 million years ago. Now scientists report the unexpected discovery that this event triggered an evolutionary burst among reptiles -- and ... > full story -
DNA Evidence Supports a Coastal Northeastern Atlantic Glacial Refugium for a Boreal Tree Species
November 29, 2010 — Can a road-trip across eastern North America, ancient ice sheets, and DNA samples unlock the ancestral history of jack pine trees? Canadian researchers certainly hoped that driving across ... > full story -
Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies May Undermine Tropical Biodiversity Conservation, Conservationists Warn
November 25, 2010 — Conservationists have warned that carbon emission reduction strategies such as REDD may undermine, not enhance, long-term prospects for biodiversity conservation in the tropics. Their warning comes ... > full story -
Online Atlas Shows Climate Change Impact on Forest Distribution Patterns in Iberian Peninsula
November 25, 2010 — Researchers in Spain have developed the Suitability Atlas of Woody Plants of the Iberian Peninsula, a series of digital maps available online which for the first time reveal the present and future ... > full story -
California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity
November 23, 2010 — In certain ecosystems, such as the mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada region of the western United States, fires are a natural and essential occurrence for maintaining forest health. However, ... > full story
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