https://phys.org/news/2021-01-peat-bogs-climate-revive-forgotten.htmlBogs, mires, fens and marshes—just their names seem to conjure myth and mystery. Though today, our interest in these waterlogged landscapes tends to be more prosaic. Because of a lack of oxygen, they can build […]
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/agriculture-will-threaten-habitat-for-90-percent-of-animal-species-by-2050Scientists estimate that if current food production methods continue, the world will likely need between 770,000 to 3.9 million square miles of new agricultural land by 2050 to feed the planet’s growing, wealthier population. Such […]
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263544-nearly-all-land-animal-species-could-lose-part-of-habitat-by-2050/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=homeIf current agriculture growth continues, nearly 90 per cent of land animal species could lose some habitat by 2050. However, steps such as changing our eating habits could prevent almost all of the projected loss […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/04/us-pitches-coral-protections-thousands-miles-climate-change-threatProposals cite climate change as most severe threat to US reefs, which may be in danger of disappearing in some places In a long-awaited move from the Trump administration, the US has proposed critical habitat […]
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