Avoiding another Great Dying – learnings from the world’s greatest extinction event
Planet Earth, a quarter of an aeon ago. A series of volcanic eruptions in what we now call Siberia has
Category: Threats and extinction
DNA tests to cut illegal exports of endangered African cherry – a medicine tree
The science of DNA testing to check on crimes of a human kind is now being increasingly utilised to help
Tackling the causes of the Amazon forest fires
Whilst the fires are still raging across the Amazon, Brazil has finally accepted some international assistance from neighbouring Chile to help
Not all weeds are bad, and some may actually be good for Australian grasslands
Loads of evidence suggests weeds wreak havoc to native plant communities but many more do not. Its well known that
It’s hotting up for plants
What does a warmer future mean for plants? Can plants adapt, or will they be driven to extinction? Read on
How best to restore the astronomical scale of degraded lands?
How can scientific experiments help restore the vast tracks of degraded lands around the earth? However mesmerizing Earthrise may be,
Publish but don’t perish
Highly collectable species, especially those that are rare and threatened, can be put at risk from poaching if information describing
Gardening in the face of a changing climate
Since 1880, the average global temperature has increased by 0.8°℃, with large changes in rainfall redistribution. With these changing conditions upon us,
How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
Finding the optimum environment and avoiding uninhabitable conditions has been a challenge facing species throughout the history of life on
The sexual frustration of the isolated tree
Habitat clearance is threatening global biodiversity. In many places, isolated trees are all that remains of once extensive forest. So
Biodiversity Revolution 