Terrible for biodiversity, bottom trawling also releases a huge amount carbon from the sea floor. Researchers have now quantified this obscure source of emissions, which rival those of Argentina!
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Roughly half of cropland is salt stressed worldwide. Finding ways to enhance crop yield is of great importance. Using bacteria that produce biofilms to protect plants under harsh conditions may be a sustainable solution.
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Prescribed burns of tall-grass prairies affect ecosystem-wide bee distribution and diversity.
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Differing types of plastic may affect certain wetland species more than others.
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Industrial agriculture could be putting the soil in a pinch.
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Can your favorite fruits and vegetables survive the effects of climate change? Scientists are finding creative solutions to this problem.
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Retention logging is the practice of harvesting trees while leaving some fraction of the forest in place. Studies have shown that this type of logging speeds forest recovery and maintains forest habitat for animals. But studies mostly watched forests recover for only a few years, while forests can take decades to recover from deforestation. Does retention logging really help forest ecosystems in the long run?
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Research directs how we can protect the recovery of the few remaining old-growth forests from the ground up.
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