Terrestrial carbon sinks are weakening due to rising temperatures. Due to the record heat in 2023, land ecosystems sequestered the least amount of carbon since 2003.
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OUP Academic
Low latency carbon budget analysis reveals a large decline of the land carbon sink in 2023
This work reveals an unprecedented weakening of the land carbon sink in 2023 using low-latency atmospheric inversion, dynamic vegetation models, and AI-pow
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Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of the Ethiopian red hot poker flower (Kniphofia foliosa).
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The Ecological Society of America
Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa
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Three-quarters of Earth’s land got drier in recent decades. Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, according to a new report by the United Nations.
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NY Times
Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades, U.N. Says
Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, scientists said in a new report, as talks on halting desertification were underway in Saudi Arabia.
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American burying beetles, which clean up dead animals in their ecosystem, are making a comeback in Nebraska
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Science News
American burying beetles are making a comeback in Nebraska
Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.
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A new study predicts significant changes in the microbiomes of glacier-fed streams due to climate change. With glaciers shrinking, these ecosystems will likely see increased algal biomass and microbial diversity, enhancing overall stream health but possibly disrupting existing species dynamics.
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Nature
Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome
Nature Communications - Little is known about how climate change impacts glacier-fed streams (GFSs) microbiomes. Here, using a modelling framework based on global GFS metagenomic, climatic and...
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Nature's "clean-up crew" is vanishing – and it's bad news for human health. More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and their downfall could present a serious risk to human life, with an uptick in zoonotic disease spread as a result. 🦠🐾💔
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New Atlas
Nature's 'clean-up crew' is vanishing – and it's bad news for human health
More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and a new report from scientists warns that their downfall could present a serious risk to human life, with an uptick in zoonotic disease spread as a result.
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Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates 🦗📉, a new study shows. In a Colorado subalpine meadow with 38 years of weather data and little human disturbance, researchers found insect abundance dropping 6.6% annually—an alarming 72.4% decline in just 20 years.
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EurekAlert!
Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
A new study shows climate change tied to insect population collapse in “safe” and untouched ecosystems.
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Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate 🌡️ and must be stemmed, researchers warn. Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems 🌊, with potentially disproportionate impacts on apex predators such as orcas 🐋.
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