Ecosystems

On the Klamath, Dam Removal May Come Too Late to Save the Salmon

Yale Environment 360: The removal of four obsolescent hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, expected in 2023 or 2024, should have been an occasion for celebration, recognizing an underdog campaign that managed to set in motion the…

Children learn science in nature play long before they get to school classrooms and labs

PhysOrg: The number of preschools pursuing learning through nature play is growing fast worldwide. However, the effectiveness and impacts of this approach is largely untested, and we recently completed…

Five things we learned about the state of the planet at the world’s biggest meeting of biodiversity experts

The Conversation: Every four years, some of the biggest issues facing the planet are thrashed out in a global meeting of conservation scientists. The International Union for the Conservation of…

World’s Largest Wildlife Bridge Could Save Mountain Lions

Scientific American: Biologist Jeff Sikich has worked at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area since 2002. He has dealt with a lot of odd things, including, on one memorable occasion, a call to bring his dart gun to tranquilize what…