Analyzing the trade-offs of converting forests to farmland suggests the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs in some places.
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Do crops sometimes make deforestation worth it?
Posted by National University of Singapore on August 7th, 2017
Posted in Science General 
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No Comments »Invasive plants trail fracking into the forest
Posted by Jeff Mulhollem-Penn State on July 24th, 2017
When invasive species gain inroads to forests due to fracking, the timber industry and wildlife stand to suffer.
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Posted by Hannah Hickey-UW on November 18th, 2016
When a forest disappears, vegetation on the other side of the world can feel significant effects, […]
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Posted by Rob Jordan-Stanford on November 16th, 2016
A global survey of kelp forests shows that some populations are remaining stable or increasing […]
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Posted in Science General Tags: analyzed, and coastal development, can local efforts, Chang'e, Climate, Climate Change, coastal, Coastal Development, Decline, Declines, despite, development, drivers, Ecosystems, effects, efforts, efforts save kelp, environmental, Environmental Change, Fishing, forest, Forests, global, increases, increasing, local efforts, local efforts save, local management, management, marine, Micheli, National, Oceans, percent, Pollution, Populations, recover, Regions, researchers, species, Stable, Stanford, Stanford University, Stress, Stressors, Survey, university No Comments »Tropical invaders, heat waves and pollution take toll on Australia’s kelp forests
Posted by ABC: Latest News in Science on November 14th, 2016
KELP KILLERS: The southerly migration of voracious tropical fish and urchins are threatening kelp forests along the east coast of Australia, while marine heatwaves and pollution are taking their toll in the south and west, two separate studies have found.
