In Lough Hyne’s shallows, animals and plants thrive that would otherwise be found in the ocean’s depths.
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Planting a hedge can boost biodiversity, tackle noise, air and soil pollution and help towards meeting carbon emissions targets.
The lawsuit resembles earlier legal efforts to make tobacco companies remedy wrongdoing.
After more than 300 years of effort, scientists have documented fewer than one-third of Australia’s species. The remaining 70% are unknown, and essentially invisible, to science.
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Eating bird food was also linked to a nearly four-fold increase in their breeding densities.
Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.
What can gardeners use that isn’t so bad for the climate?
Nigeria must improve biodiversity awareness among its citizens to stem animal poaching and halt biodiversity loss.
When something is free, people use a lot of it. Economists are urging governments to compute values for natural resources – wildlife, plants, air, water – to create motives for protecting them.
Invisible to the eye, the microbial life in the air around us can vary depending on our environment.
Research into fox scents suggests a complex form of ‘chemical communication’ underlies the animal’s behaviour. The findings could help improve pest control methods and protect native wildlife.
Scientists watched in real time as rising ocean heat transformed the sprawling reef. It was a harbinger for ecosystems everywhere as the planet warms.
Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.
The fynbos vegetation that historically clothed the slopes of Table Mountain is highly inflammable. This has been worsened by the spread of alien trees that burn more intensely than the fynbos.
To combat the biodiversity crisis, we need to fundamentally shift our economy and society and make nature conservation the norm.
New approaches are required for Canada to meet its current conservation goals.
One-fifth of Earth’s land could be restored to wilderness by reintroducing animals and improving management.
To get a grip on the biodiversity crisis, we’ll need to understand how wildlife is threatened in our own backyard.
A stable ecosystem of organic matter is the key to improving agricultural yields in the surrounding farmland and fighting climate change.
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