All things considered, wooden pallets are more eco-friendly than plastic pallets
Credit: Penn State Weighing in on a debate that has raged for decades, Penn State researchers, after conducting a series ...
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Australia’s orroral valley fire consumes over 155,000 acres in a week
Credit: NASA NASA's Terra satellite saw yet another fire, known as the Orroral Valley Fire, break out in the Canberra ...
Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death ...
Butterflies can acquire new scent preferences and pass these on to their offspring
Findings demonstrate that insects learn from their previous experiences and adjust their future behaviour for survival and reproductionCredit: Emilie Dion ...
Trees struggle when forests become too small
Fragmented forests a problem for spreading seeds, supporting diversityCredit: Photo: Antti Miettinen Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental problem we ...
Biological diversity as a factor of production
Relationship between the economic value of our ecosystems and biodiversityCredit: K. Baumeister / TUM The main question addressed by the ...
Prescribed burns benefit bees
Credit: Clyde Sorenson, NC State University Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees ...
Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside
Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in ...
Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change
Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, ...
Getting to the root of plant survival
Findings could help scientists control root emergence and battle dry conditions brought on by climate changeCredit: Monica Moriak/ University of ...
A sustainable alternative to crude oil
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residuesCredit: Cordt Zollfrank / TUM A research team from the Fraunhofer Society ...
Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm
Credit: Nick Graham A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing a collapse ...
Sustainability claims about rubber don’t stick
Research led by the University of Göttingen calls into question sustainability claims by large corporationCredit: F. Otten, University of Göttingen ...
Human-sparked fires smaller, less intense but more frequent with longer seasons
Study sheds light on 'new normal' for firefightersCredit: NASA Fires started by people have steadily increased in recent decades, sparking ...
Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away
Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires ...
Discovery of beneficial fungal taxa may help restore native plant in the PNW
Credit: Gretchen Freed, Daniel Schlatter, Timothy Paulitz, and Frank Dugan Camas, a seed-producing forb, grows in prairie and wetland habitats ...
From smoke going round the world to aerosol levels, NASA observes Australia’s bushfires
Credit: Credits: NASA/Colin Seftor NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the ...
Response to fire impacts water levels 40 years into future
Credit: Photos courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and ...
Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts
Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections ...
Research will help land managers take risk-analysis approach to new wildfire reality
Credit: Photo by Kari Greer CORVALLIS, Ore. - New digital tools developed by Oregon State University will enable land managers ...
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