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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Record Year for Bald Eagles in N.J.

January 13, 2021 sarah Jonas Biology, Birds, Coastal, Coasts, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Mid-Atlantic, Nesting, New Jersey, NJ, North America, Research, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Waterways

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 13, 2021) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick ecologist Michael C. Allen is available for interviews on the record

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Big Differences in How Coral Reef Fish Larvae are Dispersed

January 11, 2021 sarah Jonas Adaptation, Biology, Climate Change, Clownfish, Conservation, Coral, Coral Reefs, Corals, Currents, Dispersal, Ecology, Environment, Evolution, Extinction, genetic, Habitats, Larvae, Monsoons, New Jersey, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Philippines, Reef Fish, Research, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, Species, Waves, Winds

How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons – a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists improve conservation of species. Right after most coral reef fish hatch, they join a swirling sea of plankton as tiny, transparent larvae. Then currents, winds and waves disperse them, frequently to different reefs.

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Most Nations Failing to Protect Nature in COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Plans

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Agriculture, Australia, Biodiversity, Brazil, China, Climate Change, Conservation, COVID-19, Economy, Ecosystems, Enforcement, Environment, European Union, Extinction, Farming, fiscal policy, Forests, Fossil Fuels, India, Infrastructure, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, natural areas, Nature, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Overfishing, Pakistan, Pandemic, Regulations, Resilience, RU, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Science, species loss, Subsidies, United Nations, United States, wildlife markets

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the global economy and reverse decades of ecosystem and species losses, but most countries are failing to invest in nature-related economic reforms or investments, according to a Rutgers-led paper.

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Climate change threatens Komodo dragons

September 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Ecology, Extinction, Species

The world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, could be driven to extinction by climate change unless significant measures to intervene are taken soon.

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Discovery of a new mass extinction

September 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Dinosaur, Extinction, Mass Extinction, PALEONTOLOGY

It’s not often a new mass extinction is identified; after all, such events were so devastating they really stand out in the fossil record. In a new paper, published today in Science Advances, an international team has identified a major extinction of life 233 million years ago that triggered the dinosaur takeover of the world. The crisis has been called the Carnian Pluvial Episode.

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Fossil Pollen Record Suggests Vulnerability to Mass Extinction Ahead

August 24, 2020 sarah Jonas biome, Climate Change, Extinction, Resilience

Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the kind of mass extinctions not seen since the retreat of glaciers and arrival of humans about 13,000 years ago, cautions a new study published August 20 in the journal Global Change Biology.

Expert Pitch

Mankind is the problem, and we appear to be hastily destroying life around us, says a Washington University in St. Louis biodiversity expert about new research with a WashU connection.

June 4, 2020 sarah Jonas Biodiversity, Endanged Species, Extinction, Mass Extinction

Mankind is the problem, and we appear to be hastily destroying life around us, says a Washington University in St.

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Scientists resurrect mammoth’s broken genes

February 7, 2020 sarah Jonas Biology, Evolution, Extinction, Genetics

Woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island may have been the last of their kind anywhere on Earth. To learn about the forces that contributed to their extinction, scientists have resurrected a Wrangel Island mammoth’s mutated genes. The goal was to study whether the genes functioned normally. They did not.

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Lights out? Fireflies face extinction threats of habitat loss, light pollution, pesticides

February 3, 2020 sarah Jonas Biodiversity, Ecotourism, Extinction, habitat loss, Light Pollution, Pesticides

Habitat loss, pesticide use and, artificial light are the three most serious threats endangering fireflies across the globe, raising the spectre of extinction for certain species whose features render them more vulnerable to specific threats. Impacts range from loss of biodiversity to ecotourism.

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What Is An Endangered Species?

January 17, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Biodiveristy, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Ethics, Extinction, policy and ethics, risk

What makes for an endangered species classification isn’t always obvious.