Foxes are beautiful, charismatic creatures that enrich any landscape – sometimes quite literally. A study published today in the Ecological Society of America’s journal Ecosphere reveals that trees growing on and around the sites of fox dens, especially long-established fox dens, grow faster than trees without vulpine intervention. “Fox dens are cool to study because they’re uncontrolled, […]
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Restoring forests means less fuel for wildfire and more storage for carbon
Aug. 5, 2019 – When wildfires burn up forests, they don’t just damage the trees. They destroy a key part of the global carbon cycle. Restoring those trees as quickly as possible could tip the scale in favor of mitigating severe climate change. Lisa A. McCauley, a spatial analyst at The Nature Conservancy, explains how […]
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Alaskan Carbon Assessment Has Implications For National Climate Policy
Oct. 5, 2018 – Alaska’s land mass is equal to the size of one-fifth of the continental United States, yet stores about half of the country’s terrestrial – both upland and wetland – carbon stores and fluxes. The carbon is not only stored in vegetation and soil, but also in vital freshwater ecosystems even though […]