Farms are no longer using cropland diversity to hedge their bets against pests, pathogens and drought.
Category: biodiversity
Biodiversity Bottlenecks
We need to enhance natural processes that can accelerate diversification and allow emerging habitats to select the winners.
William H. Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat
biodiversity, conservation, environmental policy, environmental politics, faculty, natural habitat
Gutting protections for migratory birds
Recognizing that it is part of our nation’s heritage, the Wood Thrush is…protected by the Migratory Bird Protection Act (MBPA) of 1918.
COVID-19
Not since the plague, also known as the Black Death, arrived in Europe in the early 1300s has the human population been more vulnerable to exotic disease.
Agriculture without Weeds and Bugs
Pursuit of insect-free farming is resulting in a loss of diversity at higher trophic levels across the landscape.
The Planetary Toll of Your Morning Coffee
When you decide to have a cup of coffee, you have already made your largest contribution to the energy used to deliver coffee to your cup.
James S. Clark, Duke University
biodiversity, climate, environmental policy, faculty, sustainability
biodiversity, climate, environmental policy, faculty, sustainability
The Future of Biodiversity
All other policy actions that could be taken now won’t matter if we fail to curb climate change.
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
When we lose a species, the bell tolls for us.
A Bird in the Bush
When we lose birds, we are witnessing the continued unraveling of nature that will leave behind a less healthy and impoverished world for the future.
The ocean is a noisy place
Noise in the sea is of immediate relevance to life in the sea