NATURE
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Can tree farms save a forest? Brazil is about to find out
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . July 7, 2024
Editor’s note: Read this story in Portuguese here. MATO GROSSO DO SUL, Brazil — On a blistering day in late August, Will Turner gazed across a
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To protect high seas, take heed of climate change
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . July 4, 2024
An unprecedented heat wave is gripping the world’s oceans. Temperatures, exacerbated by El Niño weather patterns, have soared to record-breaking highs every day for the past year. The
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As planet warms, pathogens on the march
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . July 1, 2024
Half the world’s population lives in areas with exposure to dengue fever. Parts of the United States may soon join them. The U.S. Centers for
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To coexist with giants, meet people’s needs first: expert
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 28, 2024
Greta Francesca Iori heard the elephant’s sharp trumpet blare and knew she was in trouble. While mapping elephant habitats in a new national park in
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Can an ancient tradition save an African grassland?
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 25, 2024
MATATIELE, South Africa — On a bright morning in early February, Paul Mfazwe drove down a bumpy road, cratered with dips and divots. It was
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Where ‘ghost gear’ haunts the seas, divers unite to clean up
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 22, 2024
For nearly two decades, Edgardo Ochoa has picked away at a problem. A net here, some fishing line there — Conservation International’s marine and diving
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Heat waves put spotlight on overlooked climate ally
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 19, 2024
Brutal heat waves swept across the Southern Hemisphere earlier this year. Now it’s the Northern Hemisphere’s turn. This week, much of the eastern United States
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Still the world’s oldest tree?
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 16, 2024
This post was updated on May 12, 2023. In eastern California, a Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) known as Methuselah has long been considered
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Nature’s decline is driving a surge in diseases
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 13, 2024
Our health is personal, but health risks are not. Around the world, entire populations — both human and wildlife — are facing new infectious diseases
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Climate change hurts soil’s ‘essential workers’
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 10, 2024
It’s easy to take what happens under our feet for granted. Whether you know it or not, thousands of species of mites and springtails are