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Meet the mice who make the forest

Scientists are unearthing a quiet truth about the woods: Where trees grow, or don’t, depends in part on the quirky decisions of small mammals.
eelgrass restoration in Virginia
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The grass is greener in Virginia

Once decimated by disease, eelgrass is now recovering in the state’s lagoons after scientists spent decades trying to restore it.
For species that rely on wind, climate change won't be a breeze
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For species that rely on wind, climate change won't be a breeze

Plants that depend on wind for pollination or seed dispersal may face challenges as warming temperatures force species to shift their ranges, according to a new study.
assisted tree migration & climate

Trees can’t move fast enough to escape a warming climate. Should we help them?

Concerned about trees' slow migration patterns, some ecologists are spreading seeds themselves. Critics fear they are playing God.

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Conserving wildlife is key to tropical forests’ carbon storage, study finds
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Conserving wildlife is key to tropical forests’ carbon storage, study finds

"People realize that forests are the lungs of the earth. But we must also be mindful that wildlife is the blood of the forest."

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands
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Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Plant numbers have surged in a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean following the eradication of invasive rats that gobbled up seeds and gnawed away at vegetation, a new study has found.

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