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Published Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century



Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the ...
Published Climate extremes hit stressed economies even harder



Economies already under stress respond more strongly to weather events like heat waves, river floods...
Published Conservation in Indonesia is at risk, a team of researchers who study the region argues



Indonesia, home to the largest tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia and over 17,500 islands, is a c ...
Published Decreasing biodiversity may promote spread of viruses



How are environmental changes, loss of biodiversity, and the spread of pathogens connected? The answ...
Published Hundreds of Andean bird species at risk due to deforestation: New research shows how to protect them



Birds native to the tropical Andes are threatened by increasing agricultural development in the regi ...
Published Want to fight climate change? Don't poach gorillas (or elephants, hornbills, toucans, etc.)



A new article found that overhunting of gorillas, elephants, and other large fruit-eating seed-dispe...
Published Study shows replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration


• Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tr...
Published Carbon-capture tree plantations threaten tropical biodiversity for little gain, ecologists say



The increasingly urgent climate crisis has led to a boom in commercial tree plantations in an attemp...
Published Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors



Weedy rice is an agricultural pest with a global economic impact. It is an aggressive weed that outc...
Published 75% of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested



The tropical wood type ipe is popular for building exclusive wooden decks, and in North America and ...
Published Cloud clustering causes more extreme rain



Understanding cloud patterns in our changing climate is essential to making accurate predictions abo...
Published Hurricanes and power grids: Eliminating large-scale outages with a new approach



Large scale-power outages caused by tropical cyclones can be prevented almost entirely if a small bu ...
Published Mapping methane emissions from rivers around globe reveals surprising sources



A new study finds rivers and streams at higher latitudes contributing as much methane, a potent gree...
Published How butterflies choose mates: Gene controls preferences



Tropical Heliconius butterflies are well known for the bright colour patterns on their wings. These ...
Published Amazon deforestation linked to long distance climate warming



Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a...
Published How extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions can contribute to the variability of jet streams in the Northern Hemisphere



Ocean-atmosphere coupling, the exchange in energy between the ocean and atmosphere, influences telec...
Published Searching for clues in the history book of the ocean



New research has shown that the tropical subsurface ocean gained oxygen during the Paleocene-Eocene ...
Published Tree plantations can get better with age -- but original habitats are best



Older tree plantations can be more attractive to animals who are looking for a new home than younger...
Published New reptile on the block: A new iguana species discovered in China



Researchers have identified a new iguana species, Wang's garden lizard (Calotes wangi), in southern...
Published Back from the dead: Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves



Plant biologists report that a species of tree fern found only in Panama reanimates its own dead lea...