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Brown Tree Snake Could Mean Guam Will Lose More Than Its Birds
Brown tree snakes have come
to embody the bad things
that can happen when
invasive species show up
where they have few
predators. But new research
... > full story
Vine Invasion? Ecologists Look At Coexistence Of Trees And Lianas
Ecologist are studying how
woody vines, or lianas, are
affecting tropical forests
and atmospheric carbon
dioxide levels. Through a
... > full story
Drivers Of Tropical Deforestation Are Changing, Say Scientists
A shift from poverty-driven
to industry-driven
deforestation threatens the
world's tropical forests but
offers new opportunities for
... > full story
Microbe Diet Key To Carbon Dioxide Release
As microbes in the soil
break down fallen plant
matter, a diet "balanced" in
nutrients appears to help
control soil fertility and
the normal release of the
greenhouse gas carbon
... > full story
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Extinction Most Likely For Rare Trees In Amazon Rainforest
August 18, 2008 — Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim scenarios of deforestation and road-building, but rare trees could suffer extinction rates of up to 50 percent, predict scientists in the ... > full story -
Mature Trees: Surviving The Revolution, Easier Than Withstanding Human Use And Abuse
August 13, 2008 — Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation ... > full story -
Norwegian Wood: Putting Wood Chips In The Fuel Tank
August 8, 2008 — While the Norwegian company "Norske Skog" is struggling with unprofitable paper production and trees are rotting from the roots up, the world is researching alternatives to petrol. Scientists believe ... > full story -
Climate Change And Species Distributions
August 5, 2008 — Scientists have long pointed to physical changes in the Earth and its atmosphere as indicators of global climate change. But changes in climate can wreak havoc in more subtle ways, such as the loss ... > full story -
Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting
August 5, 2008 — Mankind's closest relatives -- the world's monkeys, apes and other primates -- are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some literally being eaten into extinction. The first comprehensive ... > full story -
Endangered European Wild Cat May Protected By Proposed Network Of Corridors
July 31, 2008 — Researchers have developed a model which identifies potential habitats and corridors for the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris). Using Rheinland-Pfalz as an example, it was demonstrated ... > full story -
No-tillage Plus: Cover Crops Offer A Model For Sustainability In Tropical Soils
July 29, 2008 — Tropical soils often behave differently than temperate soils when being farmed. In tropical regions, soils lose nutrients quickly when cultivated. With food shortages looming and soil quality ... > full story -
Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions
July 28, 2008 — Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new ... > full story -
Landscape Study May Offer Solutions For Fire Managers
July 28, 2008 — A fire is currently burning through a study area where projections were made about fire behavior about two years ago. Managers used data and analysis from the Gotchen Late-Successional Reserve study ... > full story -
High Economic Value Set On Threatened Mexican Mangroves
July 23, 2008 — Mangrove destruction not only comes with ecological cost, but monetary as well: $37,500 per hectare each year, researchers say. Mexican mangroves, trees that form forest ecosystems at the ... > full story
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