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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
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The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants,... |
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The material footprint of nations
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Metrics on resource productivity currently used by governments suggest that some developed countries have increased the use of natural resources at a slower rat... |
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Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire
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Arctic tundra soils store large amounts of carbon (C) in organic soil layers hundreds to thousands of years old that insulate, and in some cases maintain, perma... |
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Delayed phenology and reduced fitness associated with climate change in a wild hibernator
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The most commonly reported ecological effects of climate change are shifts in phenologies, in particular of warmer spring temperatures leading to earlier timing... |
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Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2C global warming is highly dangerous
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There is evidence of ice melt, sea level rise to +5–9 m, and extreme storms in the prior interglacial period that was less than 1◦C warmer than today. Human... |
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Biodiversity Risks from Fossil Fuel Extraction
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The overlapping of biodiverse areas and fossil fuel reserves indicates high-risk regions. |
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Sustainable Development under Population Pressure: Lessons from Developed Land Consumption in the Conterminous U.S.
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Population growth will result in a significant anthropogenic environmental change worldwide through increases in developed land (DL) consumption. DL consumption... |
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Anthropogenic environments exert variable selection on cranial capacity in mammals
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It is thought that behaviourally flexible species will be able to cope with novel and rapidly changing environments associated with human activity. However, it ... |
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Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at the conservation of all three levels of biodiversity, that is, ecosystems, species and genes. Genetic diver... |
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Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future
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Summary: This report surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses t... |
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Palaeodata-informed modelling of large carbon losses from recent burning of boreal forests
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Although boreal fire regimes are heterogeneous, recent trends6 and future projections7 point to increasing fire activity in response to climate warming througho... |
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Integrating multiple lines of evidence into historical biogeography hypothesis testing: a Bison bison case study
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One of the grand goals of historical biogeography is to understand how and why species’ population sizes and distributions change over time. Multiple types of... |
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Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming
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Recent global warming is acting across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems to favor species adapted to warmer conditions and/or reduce the abundance ... |
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Observed and predicted effects of climate change on species abundance in protected areas
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The dynamic nature and diversity of species’ responses to climate change poses significant difficulties for developing robust, long-term conservation strategi... |
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Carbon debt of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands converted to bioenergy production
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Over 13 million ha of former cropland are enrolled in the US Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), providing well-recognized biodiversity, water quality, and carb... |
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Wildlife-friendly farming increases crop yield: evidence for ecological intensification
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Ecological intensification has been promoted as a means to achieve environmentally sustainable increases in crop yields by enhancing ecosystem functions that re... |
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Mount St. Helens: Still Erupting Lessons 31 Years Later
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The massive volcanic eruption of
Mount St. Helens 31 years ago provided
the perfect backdrop for studying the
earliest stages of forest development.
Immedia... |
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Why a collapse of global civilization will be avoided: a comment on Ehrlich & Ehrlich
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1st paragraph: Ehrlich FRS & Ehrlich [1] claim that over-population, over-consumption and the future climate mean that ‘preventing a global collapse of civili... |
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Evolution of natural and social science interactions in global change research programs
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Efforts to develop a global understanding of the functioning of the Earth as a system began in the mid-1980s. This effort necessitated linking knowledge from bo... |
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Palaeodata-informed modelling of large carbon losses from recent burning of boreal forests
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Wildfires play a key role in the boreal forest carbon cycle (1,2) , and models suggest that accelerated burning will increase boreal C emissions in the coming c... |
