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Ferns’ ‘Backward’ Evolution Reveals Life’s Meandering Path
Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a …
Climate change impacting freshwater fish
Freshwater fish populations that dwell nearer the poles are outperforming their equatorial counterpa…
New framework shows the challenges involved with establishing a biodiversity credit market
Oxford University ecologists have co-devised a new framework to classify how biodiversity credit ope…
Traditional fishing in the Mediterranean is disappearing
“If I had the support of the government, I would never have stopped fishing,” says Yiorgos Cha…
Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions
A University of Queensland-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing m…
Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests
New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe…
Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
Temperatures in cities are rising across the globe and urban heat stress is already a major problem …
Regenerating Soil Helps Tackle Water Crisis, Experts Say
In recent years, frequent and long-lasting droughts have caused severe water shortages and threat…
Digital gardens: The internet’s new personal renaissance
Scrolling through endless feeds, bombarded by algorithmically selected content, it’s easy to feel li…
Lifesaver for wild bees: the importance of quarries
Connectivity and maintenance measures support wild bees in limestone quarries A research team at the…
Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo
Researchers find a potential explanation for the unusually sudden temperature rise in 2023: reduced …
The new book, Silent Earth Expands the Conversation on Human Survival Amid Environmental Collapse
While we must hope for global cooperation, we can no longer rely on it. Local communities have the p…