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UrduWhat we do to one part of our Earth system does not just add to what we do to other parts: “We found a dense network of interactions between the planetary boundaries,” says Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute…
Tag: Forestry
Limiting the loss of nature
With only about half of Earth’s terrestrial surface remaining as natural vegetation, a University of Queensland-led team has proposed an international goal to halt its continued loss. The team, led by Professor Martine Maron, examined how a global goal of…
NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite views New South Wales fires raging on
NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite flew over the New South Wales fires in Australia on December 16, 2019 and found devastation from the ongoing fires. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service is reporting 96 fires are burning and to date…
Planetary boundaries: Interactions in the Earth system amplify human impacts
What we do to one part of our Earth system does not just add to what we do to other parts: “We found a dense network of interactions between the planetary boundaries,” says Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute…
Limiting the loss of nature
With only about half of Earth’s terrestrial surface remaining as natural vegetation, a University of Queensland-led team has proposed an international goal to halt its continued loss. The team, led by Professor Martine Maron, examined how a global goal of…
Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
Continually logging and re-growing tropical forests to supply timber is reducing the levels of vital nutrients in the soil, which may limit future forest growth and recovery, a new study suggests. This raises concerns about the long-term sustainability of logging…
NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite views New South Wales fires raging on
NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite flew over the New South Wales fires in Australia on December 16, 2019 and found devastation from the ongoing fires. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service is reporting 96 fires are burning and to date…
Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement
Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil fuels and deforestation, is taken up by terrestrial ecosystems such as forests and grasslands. The recent reports from the IPCC concluded that new…
Fukushima: Lessons learned from an extraordinary case of soil decontamination
Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to carry out major decontamination works in the affected area, which covers more than 9,000 km 2 . On December 12, 2019, with most…
Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions
A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary preferences if their habitat is transformed by human activity
Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Modeling mercury release from soil erosion could help mine-heavy, deforested regions create helpful policies
FSU researchers use engineering, computing and forestry to understand prescribed burns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the effort to mitigate destructive wildfires, wildland managers often fight those uncontrolled fires with prescribed fire — carefully controlled burns to safely eliminate the vegetation that piles up on forest floors and adds to potential fuel.…
Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement
Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil fuels and deforestation, is taken up by terrestrial ecosystems such as forests and grasslands. The recent reports from the IPCC concluded that new…
Fukushima: Lessons learned from an extraordinary case of soil decontamination
Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to carry out major decontamination works in the affected area, which covers more than 9,000 km 2 . On December 12, 2019, with most…
Harnessing nature’s defenses against tsunamis
International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspots
Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions
A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary preferences if their habitat is transformed by human activity
Canadian tundra formerly covered in rich forest: Ancient plant fossil record shows
SASKATOON–The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you had gone for a walk 56 million years ago in the lush green forest which covered Canada’s northernmost islands. Now covered in ice…
Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Modeling mercury release from soil erosion could help mine-heavy, deforested regions create helpful policies
FSU researchers use engineering, computing and forestry to understand prescribed burns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the effort to mitigate destructive wildfires, wildland managers often fight those uncontrolled fires with prescribed fire — carefully controlled burns to safely eliminate the vegetation that piles up on forest floors and adds to potential fuel.…
Harnessing nature’s defenses against tsunamis
International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspots
Canadian tundra formerly covered in rich forest: Ancient plant fossil record shows
SASKATOON–The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you had gone for a walk 56 million years ago in the lush green forest which covered Canada’s northernmost islands. Now covered in ice…
Northern Ireland’s recovering pine marten population benefits red squirrels
But the urban red squirrel poses a problem
Unique data confirms why water turns brown
By analysing almost daily water samples taken from the same river from 1940 until today, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed their hypothesis that the browning of lakes is primarily due to the increase in coniferous forests, as…
New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are…
Tree cavities for wild honeybees
Wild populations of the western honeybee Apis mellifera were widely assumed as extinct in Europe. “However, recent fieldwork studies reveal that wild honeybees still exist in forests: Their colonies mainly nest in tree cavities,” says Dr. Fabrice Requier from the…
Unique data confirms why water turns brown
By analysing almost daily water samples taken from the same river from 1940 until today, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have confirmed their hypothesis that the browning of lakes is primarily due to the increase in coniferous forests, as…
New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate-ready
Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than deciduous “big-spending” water consumers like birch and oak. As such, they are…
Tree cavities for wild honeybees
Wild populations of the western honeybee Apis mellifera were widely assumed as extinct in Europe. “However, recent fieldwork studies reveal that wild honeybees still exist in forests: Their colonies mainly nest in tree cavities,” says Dr. Fabrice Requier from the…
No ‘clouded’ judgments: Geostationary satellite an alternative to monitor land surfaces
Researchers explain how a new meteorological satellite can be an option to monitor land surfaces and climate change
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles. Unfortunately, they are also highly susceptible to devastating root rot diseases caused by water molds…
Scientists accidentally discover a new water mold threatening Christmas trees
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles. Unfortunately, they are also highly susceptible to devastating root rot diseases caused by water molds…
Changing wildfires in the California’s Sierra Nevada may threaten northern goshawks
New study in Biological Conservation shows majority of the species’ foraging and roosting habitat is at high risk of severe wildfire
Changing wildfires in the California’s Sierra Nevada may threaten northern goshawks
New study in Biological Conservation shows majority of the species’ foraging and roosting habitat is at high risk of severe wildfire
Wildlife in tropics hardest hit by forests being broken up
Tropical species are six times more sensitive to forests being broken up for logging or farming than temperate species, says new research. A team led by Oregon State University and including Imperial College London scientists found that sensitivity to forest…
Wildlife in tropics hardest hit by forests being broken up
Tropical species are six times more sensitive to forests being broken up for logging or farming than temperate species, says new research. A team led by Oregon State University and including Imperial College London scientists found that sensitivity to forest…
New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive animal species
More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat, according to new paper
What’s driving erosion worldwide?
Soil erosion is a global problem that threatens food security and the functioning of ecosystems. It has an adverse effect on water and air and, of course, on the soil itself. It also produces a number of harmful knock-on effects;…
As a way to fight climate change, not all soils are created equal
Recognizing diversity of soil organic matter can help science and agriculture move forward with carbon sequestration
New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive animal species
More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat, according to new paper
What’s driving erosion worldwide?
Soil erosion is a global problem that threatens food security and the functioning of ecosystems. It has an adverse effect on water and air and, of course, on the soil itself. It also produces a number of harmful knock-on effects;…
In hunted rainforests, termites lose their dominance
Rice ecologists see sharp reduction in insect ‘engineers’ when elephants, other large animals disappear
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests according to a new study. The small woodlands, sometimes even smaller than a football field, can easily go unnoticed in agricultural landscapes. Yet, these small…
In hunted rainforests, termites lose their dominance
Rice ecologists see sharp reduction in insect ‘engineers’ when elephants, other large animals disappear
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as current biodiversity assessments fail to take into account the long-lasting impact of abrupt land changes, a new study has warned. The study by PhD graduate Dr…
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests according to a new study. The small woodlands, sometimes even smaller than a football field, can easily go unnoticed in agricultural landscapes. Yet, these small…
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as current biodiversity assessments fail to take into account the long-lasting impact of abrupt land changes, a new study has warned. The study by PhD graduate Dr…
Habitat restoration alone not enough to support threatened caribou: UBC study
Other conservation methods may also be needed until restored sites are more established
Woody plants with undesirable tendencies
Which ones behave like weeds
Woody plants with undesirable tendencies
Which ones behave like weeds
UT AgResearch and The Nature Conservancy to partner on working woodlands
Society to benefit from historic agreement