ecology

The Desert’s Fragile Skin Can’t Take Much More Heat

[ad_1] “When you trample it, you’re resetting a clock that’s been going for a long time back to zero,” says…

3 years ago

How Prescribed Burns Can Help Restore Eastern US Forests

[ad_1] By mid-afternoon, the team had seemingly painted fire onto the land, burning exactly where and what they wanted. The…

3 years ago

To Resurrect Jordan’s Lost Forests, People Plant Tiny Urban Ones

[ad_1] The team’s test plots also host some of Jordan’s rarest flora. In Marka, that includes saplings of Pistacia lentiscus,…

3 years ago

How Does a Newt Cross the Road? With Lots of Human Help

[ad_1] Around a hundred miles to the south of Chileno Valley Road, another group of volunteers—the Alma Bridge Newt Patrol—have…

3 years ago