Humankind has already disturbed or degraded six-sevenths of the blue planet, with diminished oceans the result. And that is before the impact of climate change
Read article: Human activity leaves diminished oceans
Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide likely to enhance limit on photosynthesis
Read article: Plants may absorb less carbon under climate change
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Read article: Chiral money to be legal tender in Switzerland, the physics of wildfire-powered tornados
Timings mean lightning strikes are not to blame in southern California, study finds
Read article: Humans cause wildfires driven by Santa Ana winds
New analyses reveal that early life-stage zebrafish dislike multiple UV filter chemicals in high concentrations
Read article: Could sunscreens harm fish embryos?
If you can’t smell food, you’re in trouble, and it’s worse if you can’t scent danger
Read article: Fish can’t smell well in more acidic seas
Changes could boost atmospheric carbon levels
Read article: Soil microbes are respiring more
Find out more in this video abstract from Environmental Research Letters (ERL)
Read article: Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California
Find out more in this video abstract from Environmental Research Letters (ERL)
Read article: Quantifying changes in carbon stocks and forest structure from Amazon degradation
19th-century explorers saw a human-influenced forest, not unspoilt wilderness
Read article: Reality of ‘pristine’ cloud forest revealed
