Nature
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Study gauges grasslands’ climate-fighting powers
Plant more trees, cool the climate: It’s a message that readers of this website know well. But new research confirms…
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Doctors without biodiversity? New plan prescribes actions linking human health, nature
If you read only the news headlines, you’d have learned that last month’s global summit on biodiversity — known as…
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In climate fight, ‘nature vs tech’ a false debate
How much can — or should — humanity rely on nature to help solve the climate crisis? That’s the question…
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New study reveals seaweed’s hidden climate benefits
Humble seaweed is having a moment. It’s been heralded as a sustainable superfood, a biodegradable replacement for plastic packaging and…
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A gift guide for the conscious consumer
The holidays are a time of joy and goodwill. They also happen to be one of the most wasteful times…
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Climate change charts a dangerous course for the world’s largest fish
Warmer oceans are putting two giants of the sea on a collision course. Even at the size of a school…
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How cool are forests? A hot new study has answers
The shade of a tree can offer instant relief from the heat. But how much can forests buffer scorching temperatures…
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In Kenya, global crisis sparked ‘a new way to do conservation’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Few places on Earth are as evocative — or as imperiled — as the vast grasslands of sub-Saharan…
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Amid a vanishing savanna, new corridor a ‘big win’ for wildlife
Brazil is home to a vast, but overlooked, tropical savanna called the Cerrado. This sprawling patchwork of open grassland and…
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Wildlife find haven amid Brazil’s vanishing savanna
Brazil is home to a vast, but overlooked, tropical savanna called the Cerrado. This sprawling patchwork of open grassland and…
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