Warfare ruins the environment – and not just on the front lines
War is often described as long periods of waiting punctuated by short periods of terror – for the environment, the reverse is true.
Jonathan Bridge, Reader / Associate Professor in Environmental Geoscience, Sheffield Hallam University •
conversation
Dec. 5, 2023 • ~9 min
Dec. 5, 2023 • ~9 min
The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.
Roman Dial, Professor of Biology and Mathematics, Alaska Pacific University •
conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 • ~11 min
Nov. 3, 2023 • ~11 min
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life
With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.
Jennifer DeBruyn, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Tennessee
• conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~8 min
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~8 min
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