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Invasive Wild Pigs = 1 Million Cars Per Year of Carbon Emissions
Australian scientists estimate that invasive wild pigs release the carbon-dioxide emissions equivalent of more than 1 million cars per year.
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Energy Matters: The Importance of Mitigating the Land Impacts of Energy and Extraction
Energy and mining could convert nearly as much land as agriculture by 2050 – including nearly 80% of all projected expansion into the world’s most intact natural lands.
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How Cattle Egrets Took Over the World
In the past 150 years, cattle egrets have self-populated nearly every continent on earth. Just how, and why, remains somewhat of a mystery.
Indigenous Lands Are Critical for Mammal Conservation
A new analysis reveals the importance of indigenous lands to global mammal conservation.
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Earth Transformed: Mapping of Global Human Modification from 1990 to 2017
Between 1990 and 2015, humans have modified an area of land greater than the size of Russia.
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Tropical Deforestation Is Making the Worst Climate Predictions A Reality
Industrial-scale tropical deforestation is altering local climate as much as 100 years of global warming under a worst-case emissions scenario.
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The Big Bat Year: A Quest to See the World’s Bats
Birding’s Big Year has become a major event. But bats?
The Coolest Kingfishers from Six Continents
With more than 100 kingfisher species, here are 12 of the coolest.
Using Science to Select Flagship Species
New research provides science-based way to identify flagship species for effective biodiversity conservation.
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A New Way of Mapping Global Ecosystems
Scientists have created the first standardized, fine-scale map of global ecosystems, allowing them to better measure the effectiveness of protected areas and identify ecosystems in need of additional protection.
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Planning for the Future in a Warming Ocean
As climate change makes natural systems more unpredictable, the past is no longer a reliable predictor of the future
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One Man’s Quest to See the World’s Mammals
Jon Hall is on a quest to see the world’s mammals, from snow leopards to pocket gophers.
