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Posted November 25, 2010:

• Online Atlas Shows Climate Change Impact on Forest Distribution Patterns in Iberian Peninsula

Posted November 23, 2010:

• California's Controlled Fires Boost Biodiversity
• Developing Countries Often Outsource Deforestation, Study Finds

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Cost Effectiveness of Ecological Restoration Demonstrated

Posted November 21, 2010:

• Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Reach Record Levels in 2010

Posted November 18, 2010:

• Monitoring the Health of Endangered, Wild Chimpanzees

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Orangutans Count on Stats for Survival

Posted November 16, 2010:

• Microorganisms in the Ground Don’t Slack Off in Winter

Posted November 11, 2010:

• Overcoming the 'Tragedy of the Commons': Conditonal Cooperation Helps in Forest Preservation
• New Explanation for the Origin of High Species Diversity in Amazon
• Tropical Forest Diversity Increased During Ancient Global Warming Event
• Invasive Species Pose Major Threat to Fish in Mediterranean Basin, Large-Scale Study Finds

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Hope for Borneo's Threatened Biodiversity

Posted November 1, 2010:

• Expanding Croplands Chipping Away at World's Carbon Stocks

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Dracula Orchids and Goblin Spiders

Posted October 26, 2010:

• Fifth of World's Vertebrates Are Currently Threatened, Major Study Finds

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Vast Amber Deposit from India: New Trove of Fossils Suggests Global Distribution of Tropical Forest Ecosystems in the Eocene
• Quakes Don't Completely Shake China's Environmental Gains, Thanks to Conservation Programs

Posted October 21, 2010:

• Evidence Is Weak for Tropical Rainforest 65 Million Years Ago in Africa's Low Latitudes, Paleobotanist Says

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion Rates

Posted October 15, 2010:

• New Genus of Tree Discovered; Related to Sandalwoods

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Reservoirs: A Neglected Source of Methane Emissions

Posted October 10, 2010:

• Huge Parts of World Are Drying Up: Land 'Evapotranspiration' Taking Unexpected Turn

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Saving Tropical Forests and Improving Farming Technology

Posted September 28, 2010:

• More Than One-Fifth of World's Plants Face Threat of Extinction, New Analysis Finds

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Risk of Beetle Outbreaks Rise, Along With Temperature, in the Warming West
• NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks, Wildfire
• Land-Use Expert Brings Satellite Data Down to Earth

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Fire Fuels Flowers Success

Posted September 6, 2010:

• Carbon Mapping Breakthrough
• The Forest Paradox During Heatwaves
• Six Times More Insect Species in Tropical Mountains Than Predicted

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Most New Farmland in Tropics Comes from Slashing Forests, Research Shows

Posted September 1, 2010:

• Managing White Pine Blister Rust

Posted August 31, 2010:

• Photo Album Tells Story of Wildlife Decline

Posted August 27, 2010:

• Wonder of the Natural World: Key to Christmas Island's Red Crab Migration Discovered

Posted August 25, 2010:

• Fuel Treatments Reduce Wildfire Severity, Tree Mortality in Washington Forests

Posted August 19, 2010:

• Biologists Study Rainforest Host-Plant Associations

Posted August 18, 2010:

• New Satellite Data Reveals True Decline of World's Mangrove Forests

Posted August 6, 2010:

• Worst Impact of Climate Change May Be How Humanity Reacts to It

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Global Tropical Forests Threatened by 2100

Posted August 3, 2010:

• World’s Most Endangered Otter 'Rediscovered' in Malaysia

Posted August 2, 2010:

• New Study Examines Effects of Drought in the Amazon

Posted July 29, 2010:

• Some Trees 'Farm' Bacteria to Help Supply Nutrients

Posted July 27, 2010:

• A Future With or Without Trees: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Brazilian Amazon State

Posted July 26, 2010:

• Shade-Coffee Farms Support Native Bees That Maintain Genetic Diversity in Tropical Forests
• Archaeologists Discover Biggest Rat That Ever Lived: Weight of About 6 Kilograms (Over 13 Lb)

Posted July 23, 2010:

• The Healing Effects of Forests

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Giant Pandas: Landscape Has Big Effect on Movement of Genes Within Population

Posted July 20, 2010:

• Temperature Constancy Appears Key to Tropical Biodiversity

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