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Study Finds the Sweet Spot -- And the Screw-Ups -- That Make or Break Environmental Collective Actions
Sustainability programs are
a Goldilocks proposition --
some groups are too big,
some are too small, and the
environment benefits when
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Wood Not So Green a Biofuel? Logging May Have Greater Impact on Carbon Emissions Than Previously Thought
Using wood for energy is
considered cleaner than
fossil fuels, but a new
study finds that logging may
release large amounts of
... > full story
Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013
University and NASA
researchers predict that the
severity of the 2013 fire
season will be considerably
higher than in 2011 and 2012
for many Amazon forests in
... > full story
Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk
Using an innovative
satellite technique, NASA
scientists have determined
that a previously unmapped
type of wildfire in the
Amazon rainforest is
... > full story
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Fossil Kangaroo Teeth Reveal Mosaic of Pliocene Ecosystems in Queensland
June 12, 2013 — The teeth of a kangaroo and other extinct marsupials reveal that southeastern Queensland 2.5-5-million-years ago was a mosaic of tropical forests, wetlands and grasslands and much less arid than ... > full story -
Large-Scale Biodiversity Is Vital to Maintain Ecosystem Health
June 7, 2013 — Over the years ecologists have shown how biological diversity benefits the health of small, natural communities. New analysis by ecologists demonstrates that even higher levels of biological ... > full story -
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere Helped Cause 1980s African Drought
June 6, 2013 — Air pollution in the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-20th century cooled the upper half of the planet and pushed rain bands south, contributing to the prolonged and worsening drought in Africa's Sahel ... > full story -
Anatomy Determines How Lizards Attract Partners and Repel Rivals
June 4, 2013 — Catching the attention of females in a darkened rainforest amid a blur of windblown vegetation is no easy task. But male Anolis lizards on the island of Jamaica have evolved an ideal visual ... > full story -
Tiger Moths: Mother Nature's Fortune Tellers
June 3, 2013 — A new study shows Bertholdia trigona, a species of tiger moth found in the Arizona desert, can tell if an echo-locating bat is going to attack it well before the predator swoops in for the kill ... > full story -
Threatened Frogs Palmed Off as Forests Disappear
June 3, 2013 — The study describes how forests converted to palm oil plantations are causing threatened forest dwelling frogs to vanish, resulting in an overall loss of habitat that is important for the ... > full story -
Effects of Interannual Climate Variability on Tropical Tree Cover: Satellite Data Reveal How Tropical Ecosystems May Respond to Climate Extremes
June 2, 2013 — Tree cover in the tropics will likely change in surprising ways as climate change increases the frequency of extreme rainfall events, according to a new ... > full story -
Human Activity Echoes Through Brazilian Rainforest
May 30, 2013 — The disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from tropical forests in Brazil has caused the region's forest palms to produce smaller, less successful seeds over the past century, researchers say. ... > full story -
Rainforests Take the Heat, Paleontologists Show
May 30, 2013 — Rainforests thrived during previous global warming events, say ... > full story -
More at-Risk Bird Species in Brazilian Forest Than Previously Thought
May 29, 2013 — In a new study, a team of researchers has applied a novel method for linking large-scale habitat fragmentation to population ... > full story
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