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Side Effects of Wide Scale Forestation Could Reduce Carbon Removal Benefits by up to a Third
The side effects of large-scale forestation initiatives could reduce the CO2 removal benefits by up to a third, a pioneering study has found.
New England Fishers Declining in the Granite State - UNH to Study Possible Causes
The University of New Hampshire has been awarded over $1.2 million to investigate an apparent steady decline of the fisher population in the state of New Hampshire.
Africa’s Tropical Glaciers Have Shrunk by 90 Percent, Study Finds
Glaciers atop Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Rwenzori Mountains in East Africa are shrinking at an alarming rate as the region heats up.
Dairy Cows Fed Botanicals-Supplemented Diets use Energy More Efficiently
Supplementing the feed of high-producing dairy cows with the botanical extract capsicum oleoresin, obtained from chili peppers, or a combination of that extract and clove oil resulted in the animals using feed energy more efficiently and emitting less methane from their largest stomach, according to a new study conducted by Penn State researchers.
Ice Melt Barriers Disappearing by the Double
More than a third of these frozen moorings, known as pinning points, have decreased in size since the turn of the century, experts say.