Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

Hedgerows: Can They Help Save the Planet?

Photo: Hedgerows are straightforward strips of shrubs or trees roughly 15 feet wide, and they highlight nature's complex work. (Sierra…

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Groundwater Gold Rush

This is the first article in a Bloomberg Green series investigating how private investors are commandeering public water for profit…

2 years ago

Science Stories: Adventures in Bay-Delta Data

The base of the estuarine food web is phytoplankton – microscopic, floating, single-celled organisms drifting on the currents (“phyto” meaning…

2 years ago

How beavers could help the Colorado River survive future droughts

Photo: In this undated file photo, a beaver appears near the shoreline of the Bear Creek which feeds into the…

2 years ago

Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along seafloor off L.A. coast

Photo: Postdoctoral student Sebastian Krause, left, works with Valentine to retrieve a tube of sediment collected from the seafloor where…

2 years ago

A seaweed blob twice the width of the US is heading toward Florida.

Photo: Workers remove sargassum from a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in June. Here’s what you should know. CNN…

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Biden To Create New Marine Sanctuary In Pacific

Photo: Palmyra Atoll, about 900 miles south of Hawaii, is part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument. (Courtesy:…

2 years ago

Federal researchers say two widely used pesticides harm many endangered fish species

Photo: A coho salmon in spawning colors. The National Marine Fisheries Service says that continued use of insect-killing chemicals containing…

2 years ago

Plastic Rocks Found On Remote Volcanic Island Are A “Terrifying” Discovery

Photo: "Plastic rocks" found on Trindade Island in the state of Espirito Santo is seen at the laboratory of the…

2 years ago

Meet the sargassum belt: 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida

Photo: People remove Sargassum in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in April, 2022. Researchers expect this year will bring another massive…

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