ecology
- Jan- 2022 -14 JanuaryScience
Scientists Capture Airborne Animal DNA for the First Time
As a graduate student, Kristine Bohmann made a few sacrifices to obtain her academic pedigree, like wading into a leech-infested…
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Natural History, Not Technology, Will Dictate Our Destiny
When we humans imagine the future, it is common to picture ourselves nested within an ecosystem populated by robots, devices,…
Read More » - Oct- 2021 -23 OctoberScience
This Prairie Grassland Project Collects Native Seeds
The BLM funds the partnership along with private donations and the Society for Ecological Restoration, a conservation organization. The agency…
Read More » - 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 » - Sep- 2021 -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 » - Aug- 2021 -21 AugustScience
A Plan to Slow the Creep of the Sahara—by Planting Gardens
This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. From the air, the new…
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