Tag: Biodiversity
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California's Smog Problem Putting Giant Sequoia Redwoods At Risk
Pollution from the Central Valley has turned the air quality in this national forest sour, and the iconic trees are showing evidence of the problem.
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Bees Prefer Working Class Gardens Over Affluent Gardens
Want to help bees? New research points to them preferring simple flowers in gardens over hybrids and cultivars.
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When Do Invasive Species Become a Precious Resource?
Some commercial fishermen rely almost entirely on invasive species. Is that a bad thing?
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Map of Life Website Will Catalog and Track Every Plant and Animal Species
This new project will show the current known location of every plant and animal species but will also track changes to populations due to things like climate change.
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Hand-Sculpted "Brick Biotopes" Turn Brick Walls Into Wildlife Habitats (Video)
Two designers show how new habitats for endangered birds can be made in the standard brick wall, using low-tech techniques.
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Biodiversity and Language Diversity Hotspots Overlap & We're Losing Both
Thankfully, efforts to protect biodiversity can also protect linguistic diversity and vice versa.
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Biodiversity Loss Could Hit Ecosystems as Hard as Climate Change
With intermediate levels of biodiversity loss, the effect on plant productivity could be as bad as climate change. At high levels, it could be worse.
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Wildlife Service Accidentally Killed Over 50,000 Animals
According to reports, a secretive branch of the Department of Agriculture has been waging an irresponsibly haphazard war against wildlife – ironically, all in the name of conservation.
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Tiny Bug Memorials Pay Homage to Fallen Insects
A bug's death will never make the papers -- unless, of course, that's what you use to kill it.
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Can Hunting and Eating Iguana Help Florida's Native Wildlife?
In 30 years, an island in Florida went from having zero Iguanas to over 10 thousand. Now one man is fighting back, and the Perennial Plate made lunch from his bounty.
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5 Easy Flowers to Start from Seed in Your Garden
Save money by growing these five annuals yourself instead of buying them as starts at your garden center.
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Midway Atoll: 24 Images From My Instagram Diary
While visiting Midway as a photojournalist for TreeHugger, my iPhone came in handy for keeping a visual diary of this incredible atoll. Here are the best images exploring everything from albatross chicks to plastics to plain old gorgeous beaches.
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Midway: A Symbol of Hope for Planet Earth
Midway has moved from "bullets to birds" and our visit to the atoll reveals the incredible ecosystem that teaches us lessons on sustainability both here and globally.
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Kite Skiing Across Antarctica to Break 3 World Records, in Stunning Photos
Photographer of the Year winner Sebastian Copeland and fellow adventurer Eric McNair-Landry set foot where no man has before -- and brought back the photos to prove it.
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60,000 sq.ft. Warehouse Grows Edible Mushrooms for Health and Ecology
A San Francisco gourmet mushroom entrepreneur takes us on a tour of his impressive operation.
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Hipsters Rejoice: The Mullet is Green (So Long As You Eat It)
This somewhat undervalued fish could be important in our search for sustainable seafood.
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Why Heirloom Grains Will Never Be a Commodity
A South CArolina farmer and entrepreneur is reviving commercially extinct grains. And he's telling the history of the South in the process.
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Superfood Hunter Darin Olien Has a Really Fun Job
Shakeology's "Ingredient Hunter" travels the world in search of foods used by shamans and medicine men to promote good health.
