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Just a few species can drive a plant community’s response to warming temperatures
Contact: [email protected] A new University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)-led analysis has unveiled insights into why and how plants are changing their makeup to...
Biodiversity matters in every forest, but even more in wetter ones
Contact: [email protected] A new study led by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) shows biodiversity in wetter forests has a more pronounced impact than in...
Finding ‘win-win-wins’ for climate, economics and justice
As evidence continues to pour in showing that climate change’s impacts disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities around the globe, so, too, do stories showing that these communities can also...
Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, U-M researchers say
Large, undisturbed forests are better for harboring biodiversity than fragmented landscapes, according to University of Michigan research. Ecologists agree that habitat loss and the fragmentation of...
We can farm more seafood while minimizing its impact on biodiversity, U-M research shows
Contact: [email protected] New research led by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) shows that people can farm more food from the seas while shrinking...
A leaky sink: Carbon emissions from forest soil will likely grow with rising temperatures
Contact: [email protected] A new study finds that, on a warming planet, more carbon is escaping the soil than is being added by plants. The study, led by Peter Reich of the University of Michigan...