Biodiversity offsetting is contentious — here’s an alternative
Credit: Gerhard Körtner A new approach to compensate for the impact of development may be an effective alternative to biodiversity ...
Tag: Forestry
Understanding forest-water interactions and their impact on New Zealand’s water quality
Credit: Virginia Tech Forest systems, a crucial resource for fresh water around the world, are under increasing pressure from global ...
Alaska’s national forests contribute 48 million salmon a year to state’s fishing industry
Value of these 'forest fishes' from Tongass, Chugach National Forests exceeds $80 millionCredit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service Alaska's Tongass ...
Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain
Credit: Jennifer Knoepp Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation ...
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 ...
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 ...
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