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“Exceedingly rare” plant species face increased chances of extinction
According to new research nearly 40 percent of global land plant species can be categorized as very rare, and these species are most at risk of extinction as climate and land use continues to change.
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Oceans running out of oxygen say scientists
Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN. While nutrient run-off has been known for decades, researchers say that climate change is making the lack of oxygen worse. Around 700 ocean sites are now suffering from low oxygen, compared with 45 in the 1960s.
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Double trouble as feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps
Rapid action is needed to reduce feral horse numbers before they cause more damage to native species.
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The tree of life may have only two major branches once again
Eukaryotes are the category of organisms that include us. We have our DNA partitioned into a nucleus instead of just hanging out loose with other cellular components.
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Ancient sex between different human species influences modern-day health
It's just as well we Homo sapiens got some Neanderthal and Denisovan genes into our DNA.
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Gray wolves, once nearly extinct, could be coming back to Colorado
The gray wolf, once numbering in the tens of thousands throughout North America, have faced public vilification and extermination programs that drove it to near extinction in the US. Now Colorado will vote on whether to reintroduce them into the wild after an 80-year absence, thanks to an effort that has cattle ranchers outraged but which conservationists say could restore an ecosystem that has long suffered without the apex predator.
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Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat
Extreme temperatures are driving a dramatic decline in bumblebees across North America and Europe, according to a new study, in yet another way climate change is putting ecosystems at risk. Researchers looked at half a million records showing where bumblebees have been found since 1901, across 66 different species. They found that in places where bumblebees have lived in North America, you're about half as likely to see one today.
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The world's largest privately owned giant sequoia forest is now protected
A conservation group has closed a $15.65 million deal to buy the largest privately owned giant sequoia grove left on Earth, an ancient forest with hundreds of the endangered redwood trees, which can live for 3,000 years and rise nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty. Due to its size, health and age diversity — with sequoias ranging from seedlings to Methuselahs — this grove represents "the most consequential giant sequoia conservation project of our lifetime," according to the group's president.
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On the verge: a quiet roadside revolution is boosting wildflowers
In 2014, Giles Nicholson was battling the growing year from hell. A mild winter followed by a warm, wet spring had turbocharged a ferocious mass of cow parsley, nettles and dense grass along the hundreds of miles of road his team maintains for Dorset council. Austerity meant there was barely enough money to pay for repeated cuttings to hold back the matted swards. Complaints poured in about messy roadsides.
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Warming oceans are causing marine life to shift towards the poles
Climate change is dramatically changing the abundance of marine life around the world. As oceans warm, populations of species that can adapt to elevated local temperatures have increased nearer to the poles, while those that live closer to the equator are shrinking in size.
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Saving ocean life within a human generation is 'largely achievable' say scientists
A “substantial” recovery of life in the oceans could be achieved by 2050 if major threats such as climate change are dealt with, a study has said. The oceans are important sources of food, water and clean energy and key for tackling global warming as they store heat and carbon, but many marine species, habitats and ecosystems have suffered catastrophic declines.
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Cultivating Biodiversity at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Many plant species are in danger of extinction. But scientists at the UK’s Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are working with industry to find real-world solutions.
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New briefing paper warns Biodiversity Strategy is test of EU understanding of nature's role in successful Green Deal
As the coronavirus crisis continues to take a terrible toll on lives and livelihoods worldwide, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has warned the EU's forthcoming Biodiversity Strategy will be an early test of whether Europe is taking nature, including biodiversity, seriously in its economic thinking.
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First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain
A brown bear has been spotted traversing a rugged and sparsely populated area of north-west Spain for the first time in 150 years thanks to a set of camera traps and a bit of luck. Images of the animal were captured on cameras set up by a crew shooting the film Montaña ou Morte (Mountain or Death) in the Invernadeiro national park in Galicia’s Ourense province.
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'Billions of years of evolutionary history' under threat
Scientists say more than 50 billion years of cumulative evolutionary history could be lost as humans push wildlife to the brink. "Weird and wonderful" animals unlike anything else on Earth are sliding silently toward extinction, they say. And regions home to the greatest amounts of unique biodiversity are facing unprecedented human pressures. They include the Caribbean, Western Ghats of India and large parts of Southeast Asia.
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Large heath butterflies return to Manchester after 150 years
Large heath butterflies are returning to peatlands in greater Manchester 150 years after they went locally extinct. The acidic peat bogs and mosslands around Manchester and Liverpool were home to the country’s biggest colonies of large heath butterflies – known as the “Manchester argus” – but numbers plummeted as land was drained for agricultural land and peat extraction.
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With His Species-Saving Mission Complete, Diego the Tortoise Returns Home
When the giant Galapagos tortoise faced extinction, Diego answered the call.
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The ‘lungs of the Earth’ are really its heart: an Indigenous cure to save the Amazon
A dying rainforest will release huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but the Piaraçu Manifesto taps ancestral wisdom to preserve traditional lands.
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Quarter of UK’s mammals at risk of extinction
One quarter of the UK’s native mammals are classified as being at “imminent risk of extinction” and conservationists are calling for urgent action to save them, as the first official Red List for British mammals has been published.
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Humans Wiped Out Two-Thirds of the World’s Wildlife in 50 Years
Two major reports released this month paint a grim portrait of the future for our planet’s wildlife. First, the Living Planet Report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), published last week, found that in half a century, human activity has decimated global wildlife populations by an average of 68 percent.
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