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New study points to successes and gaps in the state's landscape-level conservation designCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM For the first time in more than a century, Vermont and neighboring states are losing forestland to development at a rate…

The report says that since 1970, large areas of land have been urbanized, and this strains quality of life in every region As cities physically expanded worldwide between 1970 and 2010, the population in those cities became less dense,…

Studies of Aleppo Pines reveal: The increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere does not compensate the negative effect of climate changeCredit: Plant Ecophysiology Lab, KIT The increase in the CO2 concentration of the…

KIT's startup greenventory offers data and software for utilities, grid operators, cities, and districts - presentation at Hannover Messe 2020Credit: Google Maps/greenventory greenventory brings the energy transition into cities: The…

Not all information is equal An analysis out of the University of Georgia details the relationship between consumer awareness and the attentiveness and care given to pollinator-friendly plant purchases. Benjamin Campbell and William…

Coal combustion is not only the single most important source of CO2, accounting for more than a third of global emissions, but also a major contributor to detrimental effects on public health and biodiversity. Yet, globally phasing out…

Catastrophic shock to US agriculture would deplete reserves, including those of other countries The American Dust Bowl of the 1930s - captured by the novels of John Steinbeck - was an environmental and socio-economic disaster that worsened…

Credit: Nordin Catic Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution for the first time - nearly 140 years after his death. Laura van Holstein, a PhD student in Biological Anthropology at St John's College,…

Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 per cent of a city's gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 per cent of the local population with their 'five a day', according to new research. In a study published in Nature…

Credit: Doris Lagos-Kutz, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most invasive species, when the soybean aphid arrived in the Midwest in 2000, it brought none of its natural enemies along for the ride. So, naturally,…

Leading scientists call for substantial investment in wildlife health research The UK should invest in better understanding of diseases in wildlife populations, and the routes to these becoming human diseases to drastically reduce the…

Large ecosystems, such as the Amazon rainforest, will collapse and disappear alarmingly quickly, once a crucial tipping point is reached, according to calculations based on real-world data. Writing in Nature Communications…

Study shows near-term efforts should focus on reducing impact of existing process, as alternatives are some way off being commercially viable Efforts to create synthetic replacements for palm oil are still likely to take several years, so…

Credit: Elli Theobald Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life. For residents of the Pacific Northwest, one of the most idyllic scenes of this renewed life is the…

Credit: Andrew Trites Women's fishing activities around the world amount to an estimated 3 million tonnes of marine fish and other seafood per year, contributing significantly to food and livelihood security in all regions of the world.…

In coastal communities prone to hurricanes and tropical storms, people typically turn to engineered solutions for protection: levees, sea walls and the like. But a natural buffer in the form of wetlands may be the more cost-effective…

Geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa, have come up with an original explanation of how nature may produce an intriguing class of magmatic rocks that are made up of only one type of mineralCredit: Wits University …

The economics of pest controlCredit: Ronald Stephenson A study out of Mississippi State University evaluated the impact insect pest management strategies have on the economic return of small-scale tomato production. The results of…

First evidence of rare amino acid in plantsCredit: Martin Steinhaus Freising/Germany - Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich ([email protected]) have confirmed the presence…

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A new Michigan State University study shines a light on how big data and digital technologies can help farmers better adapt to threats -- both present and future -- from a…