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09/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Are the world’s protected lands really being protected? A study concludes “no”

A new study warned that humans are quickly encroaching upon one-third of the protected lands in the world. Road-building, grazing, and urbanization are just some of the human expansionary activities that are threatening to destroy biodiversity in an area twice as big as Alaska, an article in Scientific American states. This is a serious blow […]

05/16/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Researchers find that the shape of tropical forests determine their stability; to prevent collapse of these ecosystems we must not alter the contours

To save our forests, we must first save its shape. This is what scientists have come up with after studying how fires on the edge of the forest have affected its shape and stability. The findings, which were published in the journal Ecology Letters, also revealed that when these forests lose their natural shape – usually […]

04/24/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Scientists are “farming” coral reefs in an effort to increase their survival

There are a lot of factors that can contribute to the current decline of coral reefs all over the world: This includes pollution, sedimentation, disease outbreaks, destructive fishing practices, and even careless scuba diving, to name a few. However, scientists are taking up the cudgels in the fight to save coral reefs. In the Mote Marine […]

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