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Fire Activity Increased in the World’s Grasslands After the Megagrazer Extinctions

From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and ancient horses, went extinct.

26 Nov 2021

Virtual Landscapes to Study Endangered Australian Ecosystems

Researchers have developed immersive virtual landscapes of intact endangered Australian ecosystems to accurately illustrate changes across time, seasons and following disturbances like bushfires.

25 Nov 2021

Study Reveals Snow Cover is Important for Revegetation After Extreme Forest Fires

A study by researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) and the University of Nevada, Reno states that a key factor in the return of vegetation would depend on how much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape remains covered in winter snow.

23 Nov 2021

Study Track Nations’ Progress in Meeting Basic Needs and Respecting Environmental Limits

For at least the last 30 years, not a single country has met the basic needs of its residents without overconsuming natural resources, according to new research led by the University of Leeds.

22 Nov 2021

Study Reveals How to Manage the Landscape in Cities to Reduce Effects of Stormwater Runoff

As the global climate change conversation intensifies and nations look to minimize environmental impacts in their own backyards, nature-based solutions are garnering new levels of interest.

19 Nov 2021

Wetlands can be Restored for Coastal Protection Using Machine Learning

By feeding large experimental data sets to a machine learning model, wetland establishment for flood defense can be enabled by manipulating the local conditions, thus overruling intense global change stressors.

17 Nov 2021

UK's First Cleantech Cluster Celebrates Ten Years and £135M+ Invested in a Greener Future

The pioneering centre for environmentally friendly technology in the UK, Cambridge Cleantech, has marked its tenth birthday with a call for more companies to join its multi million pound pan-European success story.

17 Nov 2021

New Stanford Analysis Provides Empirical Evidence that Wildfires Accelerate Forest Changes

Refugees are on the move in forests across the western U.S. As climate conditions change, the ranges of tree species are shifting, especially toward cooler or wetter sites.

16 Nov 2021

African Great Green Wall Initiative Also Makes Economic Sense

The Sahel extends south of the Sahara from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east of Africa. Vast areas of the formerly fertile region are now virtually uncultivated.

16 Nov 2021

Conservation Efforts Focused on a Smaller Geographic Area may Protect Endangered Species in Central Africa

Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research suggests.

16 Nov 2021