HUMANS: INVASIVE SPECIES !

================================================================= “We were surprised how intensively these regions were being affected” by human presence, says K. Heinz Erb, an ecologist at Klagenfurt University in Vienna. “Only one-third of the natural productivity is left for all the other species.” “Some scientists now wonder: At what point do the world’s ecosystems begin… Continue reading

CLIMATE, SPECIES, AND PRESERVATION

In coastal areas of the U.S., plants and animals will be refugees from rising seas. How will Americans respond? Lance ————————————– ” …  land managers will sometimes actually have to embrace non-native invasive species …” ” … we should be looking to preserve land further inland to give some of… Continue reading