ecology
- Oct- 2021 -16 OctoberScience
Ground-Level Ozone Is a Creeping Threat to Biodiversity
It’s well established that chronic exposure to high ozone levels is a serious threat to human health, exacerbating heart and…
Read More » - 9 OctoberScience
The (Very Slow) Race to Move Forests in Time to Save Them
Wright countered that it’s not until about 10 years into a study that the data starts to be meaningful. “That’s…
Read More » - 7 OctoberScience
Feeling Climate Dread? You’re Not Alone
WIRED: Another complicating factor is the worsening of climate change. Looking forward, in both the near future and the far…
Read More » - 7 OctoberScience
Pandemic Bird-Watching Created a Data Boom—and a Conundrum
On a morning in late September, Kestin Thomas stood next to the towering glass facade of the Time Warner building…
Read More » - 6 OctoberScience
In New Zealand, People (and Moths) Rediscover Dark Skies
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Mike Bacchus remembers the man…
Read More » - Sep- 2021 -27 SeptemberScience
Oregon Is Burning Trees in Order to Save Them
With a fast response, they were able to keep it restricted to the “generally infested area,” an 89-square-mile tract of…
Read More » - 25 SeptemberScience
Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US
Over the following decades, researchers would discover some important truths about valley fever. They found that it is endemic to…
Read More » - 23 SeptemberScience
The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees
And trees don’t forget. In the 1990s, researchers identified a “ghost forest” of dead cedars near the Washington coast; tree-ring…
Read More » - 23 SeptemberEurope
Young Greens in Germany mobilise for “climate elections”
Dinkelsbühl holds the title of the most beautiful old town in Bavaria and is traditionally a conservative stronghold. But after…
Read More » - 21 SeptemberScience
In a Tiny Arctic Town, Food Is Getting Harder to Come By
It’s easy to think that sea ice would impact only the ocean, but there are many energy exchanges between the…
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