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Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs
A report scheduled to be
published this week in the
early edition of the journal
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences suggests
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Green Coffee-growing Practices Buffer Climate-change Impacts
Chalk up another
environmental benefit for
shade-grown Latin American
coffee: University of
Michigan researchers say the
technique will provide a
... > full story
Biodiversity In A Warmer World
Will climate change exceed
life's ability to respond?
Biodiversity in a Warmer
World, published in the Oct.
10, 2008, issue of the
journal, Science,
illustrates that
... > full story
Researchers Document World's Mammals In Crisis
From majestic African
elephants to tiny and often
unappreciated rodents,
mammals on Earth are in a
state of crisis. One in four
mammal species on Earth is
... > full story
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Challenges And Pathways To Earth Sustainability
October 7, 2008 — The coming three decades will determine whether the population of the world comes into balance with the capacity of the biosphere to support it, or whether catastrophic changes in the environment ... > full story -
Discovering Drugs, Biofuels In Tropical Seas
October 7, 2008 — New research aims to aid in the discovery of new molecules and biofuels technology from marine mollusks for development in the ... > full story -
Nearly One In Four Of World’s Mammals At Risk Of Disappearing Forever
October 6, 2008 — The most comprehensive assessment of the world's mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened ... > full story -
Field Of The Future: Ecological Experiment Simulates Conditions In 2100
October 6, 2008 — A new experiment to find out how British plant ecosystems may be affected by future changes to climate and biodiversity is underway at Imperial College ... > full story -
Field Museum Provides Gold Standard For Mammal Survey
October 6, 2008 — Several mamalogists at Chicago's Field Museum participated in the IUCN survey of the world's mammals, using the Museum's extensive mammal collections for ... > full story -
Similarity Of Urban Flora: Plants In Towns And Cities Are More Closely Related Than Those In The Countryside
October 3, 2008 — More plant species grow in German towns and cities than in the countryside, but those in towns and cities are more closely related and are often functionally similar. This makes urban ecosystems more ... > full story -
Canada's Shores Saved Animals From Devastating Climate Change 252 Million Years Ago
October 2, 2008 — Scientists have solved part of the mystery of where marine organisms that recovered from the biggest extinction on earth were housed. The researchers discovered that the shorelines of ancient Canada ... > full story -
Vegetation Hardly Affected By Extreme Flood Events: Impacts On Flora And Fauna Of The Elbe Flood Of 2002
October 2, 2008 — Extreme flood events in floodplain grasslands affect carabid beetles and molluscs more than plants. Biologists did several years of observations before and after the Elbe floods of August 2002 in ... > full story -
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Thinking It Through: Scientists Call For Policy To Guide Biofuels Industry Toward Sustainability
October 2, 2008 — As the United States and other nations commit to the path of biofuels production, 23 scientists call for sustainable practices in an industry that will, as one of them says, "reshape the Earth's ... > full story -
Atlantic Wolffish: Fearsome Fish That Deserve Protection?
October 2, 2008 — A group has filed a scientific petition with the federal government seeking endangered species protection for the Atlantic wolffish, a fish threatened with extinction due to years of overharvesting ... > full story
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