When I was a kid growing up in the middle of North Carolina, my grandmother would always encourage me to get out…
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Climate Change The American South and Climate Change
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Climate Change Attack of “The Blob:” Climatic Anomaly Hits Sea Lion Pups Hard
The climatic anomaly referred to as “The Blob” – a sudden increase in sea surface temperature – was first detected in the…
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Climate Change US to leave the Paris Climate Accords: What now for ecologists?
UPDATED June 1, 2017 Well he’s gone and done it. In light of President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of…
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Biodiversity How Do You Count All Those Trees, Anyway?
Like many scientists, Jean-François Bastin and colleagues had a question. A question that on its surface seems like it may have an…
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Climate Change Polar Bears, Ringed Seals, and the Complex Consequences of Climate Change
It’s well known that climate change is bad news for polar bears, but they are just one part of Arctic ecosystems. Climate…
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Climate Change Fanged Coral Fish’s Venomous Bite Could Lead to New Pain Treatments
The fearless coral reef fish known as the fang blenny might only grow to several inches long, but it packs a toothy…
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Biodiversity The Science of Spring
I have to admit, at first I didn’t really notice. I live in Virginia, a state in the approximate middle of the…
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Biodiversity Average Distance to the Nearest Forest is Increasing with Forest Loss in the US
During the 1990s, over 90,000 square kilometers of forest cover in the continental United States were lost—an approximate decline in coverage of…
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Climate Change Changing Our Attitudes Towards Invasive “Alien” Species
Above, zebra mussels on a native mussel; it has been estimated that invasive zebra mussels have cost Canada and the United States…
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Climate Change Extending the History of Crocs in California
If you think of crocodylians in the United States (you do think about them, don’t you?), your mind probably settles on the…
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Climate Change Invasive Wild Pigs Leave a Swath of Destruction Across U.S. – And They Keep Spreading
They go by many names: wild boar, wild hog, razorback, Eurasian boar, feral swine. But whatever you call them, invasive wild pigs…
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Biodiversity What’s so “bad” about the Badlands, anyway?
Authorized as a National Monument in 1929 and redesignated as a National Park in 1978, Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota…