Beneath Shifting Canopies
The study of Earth’s climate change and its impact on biodiversity reveals that many trees face potential extinction and decreased diversity, with uncertain consequences for ecosystems and human livelihoods.
Environment
Weeding the Knots
The most sustainable approach to managing Japanese knotweed is the use of glyphosate-based foliar spray control methods, which directly target the leaves of the plant.
Storms of Extinction
Entire populations of Antarctic seabirds are failing to breed due to extreme, climate-change-related snowstorms.
Tasting Geckos
Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odour from that of other members of their species.
Exotic Dangers in the Urban Forest
Small perching birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Their chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest.
Vanishing Stripes
COVID-19 lockdowns have been used to show that vehicle traffic on major roads impedes tiger movements, but also that tigers can respond quickly to reductions in human pressures.
Cut out the Fireworks
Popular fireworks should be replaced with cleaner drone and laser light shows to avoid the highly damaging impact on wildlife, domestic pets, and the broader environment.
Gardeners of the Forest
If elephants, which are already critically endangered, become extinct, the Central and West African rain forest – the second largest on Earth – would lose 6-9% of its ability to capture atmospheric carbon, exacerbating planetary warming.
Unnecessary Deaths by Fire
Each year, 20,000 premature deaths in the United States are caused by the smoke from human-ignited fires.