British woodlands are less biologically distinctive than they were 70 years ago, says a team of UK researchers.
The use of fertilisers in farming had increased soil fertility, while tree canopies had grown thicker and cut light levels, they explained.
As a result, the woodlands were becoming home to the same species, resulting in the unique characteristics [...]
New research in Royal Society journal Philosophical Transactions A “suggests that chopping down forests could accelerate global warming [] more than was thought, and that protecting existing trees could be one of the best ways to tackle the problem.” The report quantifies how the release of the chemical terpene from forest canopies [search] leads [...]
Two wonderful commentaries today are worthy of merit for communicating well the urgency of climate and global ecological change, while proposing sufficient solutions (both of which Ecological Internet is committed). The Yale Environment360 site notes the “urgency of the current situation cannot be overemphasized” and thus urges the next President of the United States to [...]
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