vegpwrflipped into Cool Articles With No HomeBiological Species Photos show a treasure trove of species discovered in a misty cloud forest verified_publisherMashable - Mark KaufmanThey could hear the frogs everywhere. But they couldn't see them. Amid heavy rains in March 2017, 17 scientists trudged deep into the cloud forests in Bolivia's Zongo Valley to scour the mountains for...
SHANETHEFORTEANflipped into These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsAnimals England’s Forests Now Have Wild Bison For The First Time In 6000 Years greatergood.com - The Animal Rescue Site Most people think about the American Great Plains as being the home of the bison, but they also have a close relative that lives in an ancient forest …
Falconflipped into EclecticaFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSoil Grow a 100-Year-Old Forest in Your Backyard in Just 10 Years treehugger.com - Derek Markham Instead of viewing nature as something outside of cities and neighborhoods, where forests and "wild" spaces exist only in designated parks and …
Paulo Galangflipped into AwwnimalsGoats Mark Twain National Forest Turns To Goats To Manage Invasive Plants stlpublicradio.org - Jonathan Ahl Removing nonnative plants from the glades and fields in a vast forest can be expensive and harmful to the environment. That’s why Mark Twain National …
AvatarDesmond Xavierflipped into Wildlife Ecology and ManagementWildfires Forests in the U.S. West Are Out of Ecological Balance. Blame Wildfire Suppression realclearscience.com - Stephen E. Nash As I type, the American West is ablaze with more than 100 devastating wildfires. Many of these are record-setting in both size and intensity. …
National Geographicflipped into NewsCambodia Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it verified_publisherNational Geographic - Stefan LovgrenDrought and dams have pushed Tonle Sap into dangerous decline, threatening its swamp forests and the fish nurseries there that provide most of the nation's protein. Hun Sotharith recalls when he moved...
wyndaviesflipped into Interesting Lynx Carbon Is It Better to Plant Trees or Let Forests Regrow Naturally? WIRED - Fred Pearce Nations are pledging to plant billions of trees. But a new study shows that we've underestimated the power of natural forest regrowth to fight …
AvatarAntihistaman Flipbookflipped into notsogood scienceChina How China’s forest campaign proved you can plant too many trees businesslive.co.za - Agency Staff Beijing — Few environmental campaigns in China have been so enthusiastically pursued or so controversial as its Great Green Wall. Every spring, …
Margaret Garvinflipped into Five Soil 5 Things You Might Not Know About Forests – But Should ecowatch.com - By Douglas Broom "Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people," said former U.S. president, Franklin …
MsCuttsScienceflipped into ECOLOGY Bees Environmental groups want to block honeybees from Utah’s national forests sltrib.com - By Brian Maffly Logan Canyon • In an alpine meadow near the top of Logan Canyon, Darren Cox pries the lid off one of 96 gray boxes housing his industrious insects, …
Insiderflipped into News InsiderWorms Jumping 'snake worms' are taking over US forests and that's bad news for other creepy crawlers Insider - Haven Orecchio-Egresitz A jumping "snake worm" has started taking over US forests and it's on a mission to be the only creepy crawlers in town. This invasive kind of …
macroeflipped into Eye OpenersBiodiversity People are planting tiny urban forests to boost biodiversity and fight climate change verified_publisherweforum.org - Alex Thornton How much space do you think you need to grow a forest? If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature forests are …
Mattflipped into Science and spaceExtinction When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived phys.org - McGill University It's known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms …
zhogfanflipped into EV..ENERGY ENVIROMNT RENEWABLEBiological Species 5 things you might not know about forests – but should verified_publisherweforum.org - Douglas Broom “Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people,” said former US president, Franklin Roosevelt. Covering …
rye_breadflipped into Space / Earth Prehistory Massive collection of prehistoric rock art discovered in the Amazon rain forest slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun Scientists have discovered one of the world’s largest prehistoric rock art collections in the Amazon rain forest. Some call it “the Sistine Chapel of …
Jeff Buhmannflipped into Medieval HistoryPollen How Joannites’ economy eradicated primeval forest and created anthroecosystems in medieval Central Europe nature.com - Mariusz Lamentowicz, Katarzyna Marcisz, Piotr Guzowski, Mariusz Gałka, Andrei-Cosmin Diaconu, Piotr Kołaczek During European states’ development, various past societies utilized natural resources, but their impact was not uniformly spatially and temporally …
BBC Newsflipped into WorldMangroves Photography award winners show the fragility and beauty of mangrove forests bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsVictor Hugo Luja Molina has been named overall winner of this year's Mangrove Photography Awards, for his image of a female jaguar in an intimate moment with her cub in a mangrove forest in Mexico. Run...
BGRflipped into ScienceHumanity How trees could help researchers find human bodies in forests bgr.com - Mike Wehner A surprising number of humans end up dead in wooded areas. Whether it’s by a tragic accident to their bodies having been placed there by an …
Bloombergflipped into BloombergBeetles Millions of Beetles Are Wiping Out Forests All Across the World verified_publisherBloomberg - Jen Skerritt The pest are eating away at trees as climate change warms winters. Infestations have the potential to worsen future emissions. A plague of tiny …
Raw Storyflipped into 2020 Presidential Election Liberal View‘One word for this: Vandalism’: Six days before election, Trump finalizes plan for ‘catastrophic’ attack on largest national Raw Story - Common Dreams Cue the chainsaws and bulldozers. The Trump administration on Wednesday announced its finalized plan to gut protections for the nation’s largest …
Travis White, Ph.D.flipped into predictionsCommodities New research reveals 'megatrends' that will affect forests in the next decade phys.org - Joe Stafford A group of experts from academic, governmental and international organizations have identified five large-scale 'megatrends' affecting forests and …
Carole Kimflipped into Carole KimWildfires The US is putting forests at risk by ignoring Native American wildfire experts verified_publisherQuartz - Tim McDonnellAfter more than a century of being sidelined, Native American wildfire experts are starting to get a voice in federal fire policy—but the slow pace of reform could end up creating new risks. When President...
Arwen Sodanflipped into ScienceEngland Ten new forests to be planted in England in just five months metro.co.uk - Harrison Jones The Government says it will plant 10 new community forests in England over the next five months, in a move designed to protect the environment. A …
The Guardianflipped into World NewsSeaweed Tokyo Bay's seaweed forests – and prized abalone that live in them – disappear verified_publisherThe Guardian - Justin McCurry in TokyoRise in sea temperatures caused by climate emergency is transforming marine environment and affecting local species The waters off Kyonan were once home to dense forests of seaweed – the ideal habitat...