With climate change soon to be the main threat to biodiversity, protected habitat will be a higher priority than ever to give wildlife a chance
Read article: Warmer world needs more protected habitat
Hyperspectral and thermal imaging find diseased plants before symptoms appear
Read article: Remote sensing reveals olive tree infection early
Elevated nitrate and phosphate levels may leave corals vulnerable to ocean acidification
Read article: Nutrient pollution threatens coral reefs
Invisible flickering detected by satellite could throw new light from plant growth on mysteries of planet’s carbon budget
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Read article: Light from plant growth shows carbon budget
Mapping at 30 m resolution pinpoints priority areas
Read article: Global mangrove soil carbon map aids conservation
Acoustic recordings show biodiversity harm from 2015 haze pollution
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Read article: Smoke from El Niño fires subdued dawn chorus in Singapore
Scientists find bigger-deeper fish trend may be due to commercial exploitation, not biology
Read article: Has fishing given cod a ‘depth sentence’?
Gross up the mass of all life on Earth, with its disproportionate human load, and the answer is staggeringly heavy. But the uncertainties are huge
Read article: Earth bears a massive human load
Earth system models show that large-scale deployment doesn’t guarantee success
Read article: What’s the outlook for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage?
Unless nations act fast, habitat loss could rob half of all insects of over half their habitat. Other creatures, too, could suffer in a 3 °C warmer world
Read article: Insects face calamitous habitat loss
