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Ecologists Should Create Space for a Wide Range of Expertise

Ecologists Should Create Space for a Wide Range of Expertise

Indigenous communities' knowledge and approaches enrich studies.

Citizen Science in Environmental and Ecological Sciences - Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Citizen Science in Environmental and Ecological Sciences - Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Contributory citizen science is a method in which non-professional participants contribute to data collection in whole or in part to advance scientific research. This Primer outlines the use of citizen science in the environmental and ecological sciences, discussing participant engagement, data quality assurance and bias correction.

China Creates Vast Research Infrastructure to Support Ambitious Climate Goals

China Creates Vast Research Infrastructure to Support Ambitious Climate Goals

Carbon-neutrality institutes, and other initiatives to support a pledge to achieve net zero by 2060, are popping up like mushrooms across China.

One in Three Trees Face Extinction in Wild, Says New Report

One in Three Trees Face Extinction in Wild, Says New Report

Experts say 17,500 tree species are at risk around the world, including magnolias, oaks and maples.

Tracking Chernobyl's Effects on Wildlife

Tracking Chernobyl's Effects on Wildlife

Evolutionary ecologist Germán Orizaola Pereda analyses how species have been affected, 35 years after the world's worst nuclear accident.

A Dry California Creek Bed Looked Like a Wildfire Risk. Then the Beavers Went to Work

A Dry California Creek Bed Looked Like a Wildfire Risk. Then the Beavers Went to Work

"It was insane": Placer County floodplain restored by beavers in just three years

Financing a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Financing a Sustainable Ocean Economy

The ocean supports many livelihoods, but this is currently not sustainable with pressures on the climate and ecosystems. Here, in this perspective, the authors outline the barriers and solutions for financing a sustainable ocean economy.

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Shorter Lifespan of Faster-growing Trees Will Add to Climate Crisis, Study Finds

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

Redwoods Survive Wildfire at California's Oldest State Park

Redwoods Survive Wildfire at California's Oldest State Park

When a massive wildfire swept through California's oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old...

How COVID-19 Could Ruin Weather Forecasts and Climate Records

How COVID-19 Could Ruin Weather Forecasts and Climate Records

As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps.

This Study on Flower Resilience is the Most Beautiful Thing I've Read During the Pandemic

This Study on Flower Resilience is the Most Beautiful Thing I've Read During the Pandemic

What plants can teach us about surviving a pandemic.

Savants Ou Militants ? Le Dilemme Des Chercheurs Face à La Crise écologique

Savants Ou Militants ? Le Dilemme Des Chercheurs Face à La Crise écologique

Ils signent pétitions et tribunes pour alerter sur le réchauffement climatique et la dégradation de la biodiversité, pourtant, leur incursion dans le débat public n'a rien d'évident. A l'heure des " fake news ", la communauté scientifique questionne le bien-fondé de son engagement.