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Dana Kobilinsky

Removing rats helps islands and reefs, even in short term

June 15, 2021

After just over a decade of being rat free, islands in the Indian Ocean are already showing signs of more seabirds and more nutrients that come from them. Several years ago, researchers had found big …

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Poop may be reason No. 2 to conserve seabirds

August 27, 2020

Seabird poop is so rich in nutrients, its annual value to ecosystems — and to people — makes up nearly half a billion dollars, researchers found. But as seabird numbers are falling, the quantity of …

Conservation News

Removing invasive island rats could help coral reefs

August 8, 2018

Invasive rats are notorious for their devastation of island ecosystems, but their damage might go deeper than scientists once believed. Biologists recently discovered that nonnative rats could impede the flow of nutrients from seabirds to …

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With climate change, fun in the sun may mean fun in the scum

September 7, 2017

As climate change warms the planet, algal blooms may leave lakes throughout the United States covered with scum, harming aquatic ecosystems and interfering with people’s enjoyment of the water. “If we put an economic value …

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