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A Challenging Decade for Britain's Mammals
September 26, 2011 — This year's State of Britain's Mammals report shows that over the last decade some of our most endangered mammal species have bounced back but that many others continue to ... > full story -
Congestion Pricing Works Best When Partnered With Land-Use Planning
September 23, 2011 — An examination of a congestion-pricing pilot program in Portland, Ore., finds that congestion pricing strategies benefit from land-use planning that provides households with alternative ways to ... > full story -
95% of Iberian Vertebrate Hotspots Are Not Protected, Study Finds
September 19, 2011 — A study carried out by Spanish and Italian biologists concluded that 95% of areas with high concentrations of vertebrates in the Iberian Peninsula are not in protected areas. It also proposes ... > full story -
Cities to Grab Lands Equaling Size of Mongolia In Next 20 Years, Study Predicts
September 15, 2011 — In the next 20 years, more than 590,000 square miles of land globally -- more than twice the size of Texas -- will be gobbled up by cities, a trend that shows no signs of stopping and one that could ... > full story -
Water Evaporated from Trees Cools Global Climate, Researchers Find
September 14, 2011 — Scientists have long debated about the impact on global climate of water evaporated from vegetation. New research concludes that evaporated water helps cool the earth as a whole, not just the local ... > full story -
Old-Growth Rainforests Must Be Saved for Tropical Biodiversity
September 14, 2011 — A team of researchers from Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, the UK and the USA has carried out a comprehensive assessment to estimate the impact of disturbance and land conversion on biodiversity ... > full story -
Tools That Will Help Reduce Nitrogen Pollution
September 13, 2011 — A soil scientist in Colorado is helping farmers grow crops with less nitrogen-based fertilizer. The fertilizers are a major reason why agriculture is a significant source of both greenhouse gas ... > full story -
Improving Sugarcane Ethanol Production: The 'Midway' Strategy
September 13, 2011 — A new article reviews the history and current state of ethanol production of sugarcane in Brazil and presents a strategy for improving future ecosystem services and production. Researchers introduce ... > full story -
Invasive Leafy Spurge Weed: Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West
September 6, 2011 — An aerial photography survey of 38,000 wildfire-burned acres in Idaho provided what is believed to be the first evidence that the invasive leafy spurge weed is displacing seedlings of native mountain ... > full story -
Sparing or Sharing? Protecting Wild Species May Require Growing More Food on Less Land
September 1, 2011 — In parts of the world still rich in biodiversity, separating natural habitats from high-yielding farmland could be a more effective way to conserve wild species than trying to grow crops and conserve ... > full story
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