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5,503 results for: Forests

  1. Ecosystems

    Forests on the wane

    Early last decade, the world’s tree coverage dropped by more than 3 percent.

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  2. Life

    Worries grow over monarch butterflies

    Migrants overwintering in Mexico rebounded somewhat this past winter, but still trending downward.

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  3. Earth

    Forest loss slows in Brazilian Amazon

    Between 2004 and 2009, the rate of clearing dropped almost 75 percent.

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  4. Anthropology

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists

    Hobbit dentistry, ancient footprints and navigating gibbons in news from the recent physical anthropology meeting.

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  5. Life

    Genes separate Africa’s elephant herds

    Genetic work reveals forest and savanna pachyderms as distinct species.

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  6. Life

    When snowpack shrinks, elk can binge on aspen

    As winters warm in the Rockies, majestic grazers may be threatening iconic Western tree.

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  7. Earth

    Earth & Environment

    Methane from rice, killer fungus and more in this week’s news.

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  8. Humans

    Climate meddling dates back 8,000 years

    Cutting down trees put lots of carbon into the atmosphere long before the industrial revolution began.

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  9. Science & Society

    Aftermath of ancient eruption offers lessons in adapting to disaster

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  10. Climate

    Matt Crenson, Reconstructions

    In ancient Southwest droughts, a warning of dry times to come.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Meditators can concentrate the hurt away

    Experiment participants felt less pain while practicing mindfulness.

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  12. Earth

    Warm spell spurred tropical biodiversity

    The number of plant species exploded in South America as atmospheric carbon dioxide, and temperatures, rose abruptly about 56 million years ago.

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