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ANN ARBOR, MI – The boreal forests of North America could be destroyed by even modest climate change, new research shows. A recently published scientific study led by a University …
Michigan’s Northwoods may be destroyed by even modest climate change, researchers say Read MoreNoxious smoke billowing into the southern part of the city. Explosions that could be heard throughout downtown. Walls shuddering in buildings by the waterfront. All have been issues faced over …
Recycling center burdened residents for years, needs stricter NJ DEP oversight, non-profit says Read MoreCOLUMBIA RIVER GORGE – The Columbia River Gorge at first appears isolated, yet it is teeming with life – what the Washington-Oregon border area lacks in human population it compensates …
5 stops to make to connect with nature in the Columbia River Gorge Read MoreComment on this story Comment Scientists say the window for protecting the world’s largest ice sheet from significantly shrinking is narrowing, with troubling new predictions that it has the potential …
World’s largest ice sheet risks melting, threatens spike in sea levels Read MoreThe French food giant Danone made an ambitious promise back in 2008: Within one year, 50% of the plastics used in the company’s water bottles would be made from recycled …
European food companies break their plastics promises | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent | DW Read MoreEradicating rats, goats and other invasive animals from islands is one of the most effective tools for protecting wildlife, resulting in dramatic transformations to degraded archipelagos and atolls, according to …
Driving out invasive species on islands has high success rate and big benefits – study | Environment Read MoreEradicating rats, goats and other invasive animals from islands is one of the most effective tools for protecting wildlife, resulting in dramatic transformations to degraded archipelagos and atolls, according to …
Driving out invasive species on islands has high success rate and big benefits – study | Environment Read MoreOn a world map, Macquarie Island is a speck in the Southern Ocean, but for ecologists it is a beacon, illuminating a future for grand-scale environmental recovery projects. Melissa Houghton …
From 300,000 rabbits to none: a Southern Ocean island is reborn | Environment Read MoreComment on this story Comment US lawmakers are bitterly divided on many subjects, environmental issues chief among them. But Congress could be on the verge of passing the most significant …
Opinion | Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would be beneficial conservation law Read MoreAt dawn, Elton Greene sets off to harvest dulse in Dark Harbor on New Brunswick’s Grand Manan island. People here have spent generations harvesting the nutrient-rich purple seaweed.Photography by Darren …
He Grand Manan, dulsers endure, despite warming ocean waters Read More