Wildfires amid climate change may spark a radical shift in forest habitats and wildlife. They aren’t just a destructive force of man and nature. They’re a key factor in forest ecosystem renewal.
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The African court has demonstrated its autonomy in a continent where judicial independence remains shaky in many states.
Most of the earthworms in the US Northeast and upper Midwest are nonnative species. Scientists are finding increasing evidence that invasive worms and invasive plants may help each other.
Agriculture and the pulp and paper industries, forestry and mining also contribute.
A new survey has identified millions of hectares of forest in dryland areas, a finding that boosts the total global forest cover by 9% and has significant consequences for carbon budgets.
A new report calls U.S. forests an undervalued asset for slowing climate change. It warns that they are being degraded by logging for wood, paper and fuel, particularly in the Southeast.
Forests are valuable for many uses, including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation. Stresses on U.S. forests include wildfires, pest invasions and development of private lands.
Combining new technologies, including Global Forest Watch, a Forest Monitoring App and Participatory 3D Modelling, brings out traditional knowledge of the elders.
In early 2016 reports appeared that vast swathes of mangroves had died in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It now appears heat and drought were to blame.
Primate populations are declining around the world. The great apes are in danger of disappearing, and that bears a great risk for humanity itself.
Illegal logging is a serious threat but new ways of detecting illegal timber could help save global forests.
Local people in India are supposed to be protected by progressive laws. But the reality is a far cry from that.
Collective environmental guilt could be leading to a rise in werewolf sightings in the English countryside.
The world has lost 10% of its wilderness areas in the past 20 years and, with it, vast stores of carbon.
We can manage the risks from bushfires far more effectively if we look at the ways different plant species control the the way the fires burn.
Study using tree ring data and climate projections shows that buildup of CO2 will not benefit most northern forests and that growth rates will actually fall.
It’s important to close roads from further vehicle use after the end of logging operations. But these roads ought to be re-opened when the next phase of logging takes place in each area of forest.
A review of more than 40 years of wildfire activity in the western U.S. demonstrates the potent effect drier, warming spring seasons, due to climate change, is having on wildfires.
Yes, climate change is creating conditions for the extraordinary wildfires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, but El Niño played a bigger role, says atmospheric scientist.
Science was instrumental in working out how to clear brigalow forest to make way for farming in the 20th century. Now it’s trying to bring these iconic forests back.
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Research Associate, University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Agente de transfert de connaissances pour le Centre de recherche sur la boréalie (CREB), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Master of University House and Professor of Forestry, Australian National University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
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Professor, Département des Sciences Fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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CGIAR System Organization
