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Pollen and charcoal reveal human-driven collapse of swamp cypress forests 2,100 years ago
Chinese scientists have discovered that fragile swamp forests in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region suddenly collapsed ...
Humans lived in African rainforests 150,000 years ago, far earlier than believed – new research
These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...
Neolithic agricultural revolution linked to climate-driven wildfires and soil erosion
A study led by Prof. Amos Frumkin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on one of humanity's most ...
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Introduced trees are becoming more common in the eastern United States, while native diversity declines
In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across much of eastern North America and showed the rate at which introduced species are spreading has increased ...
Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for More
Kate Burgess, who tracks state legislation to protect land for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, said that while Maryland was the first state to reach the 30 percent goal, Vermont has ...