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Net benefit: using a turtle excluder device in the Adriatic Sea
Marine biologist Laura Aiudi is working on a net that saves the lives of endangered species — but still protects the livelihood of fishermen.
- Jack Leeming
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News |
Tropical forests have big climate benefits beyond carbon storage
Study finds that trees cool the planet by one-third of a degree through biophysical mechanisms such as humidifying the air.
- Freda Kreier
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Funding battles stymie ambitious plan to protect global biodiversity
Researchers are disappointed with the progress — but haven’t lost hope.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Career Column |
The marine biologist whose photography pastime became a profession
Alexander Semenov’s foray into science communication began with amateur photography at a remote research station. His career change has brought him to unvisited dive sites and in direct contact with the public and press.
- Alexander Semenov
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Research Highlight |
Where are Earth’s oldest trees? Far from prying eyes
A comprehensive tally identifies 30 trees more than 2 millennia old, almost all growing at high altitudes.
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Correspondence |
Forest protection: invest in professionals and their careers
- Douglas Sheil
- & J. Doland Nichols
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Comment |
Africa: sequence 100,000 species to safeguard biodiversity
Build a major genomics resource on the continent to help breeders and conservationists.
- ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer
- , Anne W. T. Muigai
- & Appolinaire Djikeng
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Rewilding Argentina: lessons for the 2030 biodiversity targets
A foundation that turns private land into national parks is reintroducing native species to restore ecosystems and build ecotourism.
- Emiliano Donadio
- , Sebastian Di Martino
- & Sofía Heinonen
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Where I Work |
Protector of giant salamander
Wansheng Jiang studies the endangered Chinese giant salamander to better protect its habitat.
- Andy Tay
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News & Views |
From the archive
Nature’s pages feature a look at seal conservation in 1972, and highlight a new edition of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species in 1872.
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Career Q&A |
Marching in the streets for climate-crisis action
Conservationist Charlie Gardner explains why he joined Scientists for Extinction Rebellion and its civil-disobedience protests.
- Christine Ro
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Correspondence |
Brazil opens highly protected caves to mining, risking fauna
- Hernani Fernandes Magalhaes de Oliveira
- , Daiana Cardoso Silva
- & Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos
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Obituary |
Richard Leakey (1944–2022)
Palaeontologist of human origins, conservationist and politician.
- Marta Mirazón Lahr
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Matters Arising |
Emphasizing declining populations in the Living Planet Report
- Gopal Murali
- , Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano
- & Uri Roll
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Correspondence |
Portugal leads with Europe’s largest marine reserve
- Filipe Alves
- , João G. Monteiro
- & João Canning-Clode
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Nature Podcast |
Recreating the lost sounds of spring
How citizen science is helping us hear lost soundscapes.
- Geoff Marsh
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News & Views |
From the archive
Nature’s pages consider decision making during conflicts about planning permission, and feature an exhibition of scientific instruments.
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Landmark Colombian bird study repeated to right colonial-era wrongs
A re-run of a 100-year-old, US-led bird survey will inform future conservation efforts — but be helmed by local researchers.
- Luke Taylor
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Editorial |
Sustainability at the crossroads
A look back at 2021 through the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Research Highlight |
Snake escape: imported reptiles gobble an island’s lizards
King snakes brought to Gran Canaria have multiplied, wreaking havoc on all of its native reptiles.
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Where I Work |
‘For a brown invertebrate’: rescuing native UK oysters
Tom Cameron works with local oyster growers to restore native oysters to their natural habitat in the United Kingdom.
- Virginia Gewin
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News Round-Up |
‘Brumby’ cull, carbon rebound and a giant research index
The latest science news, in brief.
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Correspondence |
For NGOs, article-processing charges sap conservation funds
- Kevin A. Wood
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Scientists say Australian plan to cull up to 10,000 wild horses doesn’t go far enough
A fast-growing population of feral horses in an alpine national park needs to be substantially reduced in number, researchers argue.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Comment |
Congo Basin rainforest — invest US$150 million in science
The world’s second-largest rainforest is key to limiting climate change — it needs urgent study and protection.
- Lee J. T. White
- , Eve Bazaiba Masudi
- & Simon L. Lewis
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News & Views |
Rhinoceros genomes uncover family secrets
Genomes from living and extinct rhinos reveal that different species evolved as a result of geographic isolation. A comparison of DNA from different species also shows that rhinos have long displayed low genetic variability.
- Desire Lee Dalton
- & Stefan Prost
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Where I Work |
Saving hawksbill sea turtles from rats, cats and Hurricane Ida
Hatching season on the Caribbean island of Barbados is a busy time for Carla Daniel.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Outlook |
Why stem cells might save the northern white rhino
Biologist Jeanne Loring explains how her work could bring endangered animal species back from the brink.
- Julianna Photopoulos
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Nature Index |
Coral conservation strikes a balance
Fiji–Australia collaboration matches community needs with reef protection.
- Clare Watson
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Nature Index |
How cities are collaborating to help safeguard oceans
Despite missed deadlines in 2020 for key targets in marine conservation, momentum for these Sustainable Development Goals is growing.
- Michael Eisenstein
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Nature Index |
Rising tide of floating plastics spurs surge in research
Strong government policies and research insights are essential to deliver on a pledge to clean up the sea.
- Michael Eisenstein
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Correspondence |
Preventing spillover as a key strategy against pandemics
- Neil M. Vora
- , Nigel Sizer
- & Aaron Bernstein
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News & Views |
Pollination advantage of rare plants unveiled
An analysis of plant–pollinator interactions reveals that the presence of abundant plant species favours the pollination of rare species. Such asymmetric facilitation might promote the coexistence of species in diverse plant communities.
- Marcelo A. Aizen
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Where I Work |
Who wants to be a polar bear?
Joel Berger braves freezing temperatures and charging musk oxen to learn how melting sea ice is affecting mammalian encounters.
- Amber Dance
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News & Views |
Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin
Analysis of the ranges of nearly 15,000 plant and vertebrate species in the Amazon basin reveals that, from 2001 to 2019, a majority were affected by fire. Drought and forest policy were the best predictors of fire outcomes.
- Thomas W. Gillespie
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Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?
Australian scientists are rushing to develop new technologies — such as ways to block sunlight — to help preserve corals in the face of climate change.
- Jeff Tollefson
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World View |
Great Barrier Reef: accept ‘in danger’ status, there’s more to gain than lose
The Australian government must embrace UNESCO’s assessment to marshal the resources needed to protect the unique coral ecosystem.
- Tiffany H. Morrison
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Brazilian road proposal threatens famed biodiversity hotspot
Scientists and environmentalists say the road, slated to pass through Iguaçu National Park, could harm research projects and precious ecosystems.
- Meghie Rodrigues
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Article |
Agrochemicals interact synergistically to increase bee mortality
A meta-analysis of studies in which bees were exposed to combinations of agrochemicals, nutritional stressors and/or parasites revealed evidence for synergistic effects on mortality when bees were exposed to multiple agrochemicals at field-realistic levels.
- Harry Siviter
- , Emily J. Bailes
- & Mark J. F. Brown
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Correspondence |
Andes foothills protected by carbon-offset fund
- Evert Thomas
- , Marleni Ramirez
- & Manuel Glave
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Where I Work |
A monkey researcher fights to protect threatened and endangered primates
Andie Ang helps to build rope bridges in Singapore and is working to launch primate exchanges with other nations to keep imperilled species safe.
- Virginia Gewin
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Correspondence |
Italy: Forest harvesting is the opposite of green growth
- Roberto Cazzolla Gatti
- , Gianluca Piovesan
- & Alessandro Chiarucci
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Research Highlight |
Newfound ‘fairy lantern’ could soon be snuffed out forever
Wild boars have destroyed three of the four known specimens of a bizarre plant in the forests of Malaysia.
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Matters Arising |
Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation
- Alastair V. Harry
- & J. Matias Braccini
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Matters Arising |
Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone
- Nuno Queiroz
- , Nicolas E. Humphries
- & David W. Sims
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Matters Arising |
Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation
- Nuno Queiroz
- , Nicolas E. Humphries
- & David W. Sims
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