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The new analysis, led by scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), suggests that the decline was more gradual than some previously believed and that large-scale land use changes as Europeans colonised the Americas are likely responsible.
Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood products, and sustenance for beech drop plants, but they are under threat from Beech Leaf Disease (BLD).
Research led by scientists from the University of Wyoming and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior shows that migrating animals refine their behavior as they get older, suggesting that experiential learning is an important part of successful migration.
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently combined satellite data, field observations and sophisticated numerical modeling to paint a picture of how 22.45 million square kilometers of the Arctic will change over the next 80 years.
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
In the last decade or so, the Arctic ice sheet has been shrinking more every summer than in the historical record.
