The most effective conservation strategies for protecting vertebrates on a global scale are those aimed at mitigating the ...

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The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...

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New research looks at carbon dioxide removal—where carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored—and finds that ...

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