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Ecosystems

Q&A: How the Wolves’ Return Enhances Biodiversity

In Yellowstone National Park, the reintroduction of the gray wolf in the 1990s has helped reduce an exploding elk population, which in turn helped save plants along streams and rivers, which provide habitat for migrating birds, building materials for beavers, and dam ponds for fish and frogs.

Before European colonization of North America there were as many as 2 million gray wolves across North America, but populations have drastically declined. Wolves have been dispersing from Yellowstone National Park since their reintroduction there in the 1990s and biologists estimate that there are now around 7,000 wolves in the lower 48 states. Credit: Bert de Tilly, Wikimedia Commons, Fair Use.
A planned restoration of the forest, meadows and wetlands in this floodplain near Leipzig, Germany, will boost biodiversity by improving wildlife habitat, and bolster climate mitigation by increasing carbon storage. Credit: Hendrik Schmidt/picture allianc

Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity

By Bob Berwyn

Nebraska Sandhills region

Aquifer Still at Risk from Keystone Reroute

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Seaweed off the coast of Ireland

Key Link in Ocean Food Chain Endangered

By Katherine Bagley

Swimming polar bear

Arctic Food Web Unraveling (Part III)

By Bruce Barcott, OnEarth

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Arctic Food Web Unraveling (Part II)

By Bruce Barcott, OnEarth

Meling ice

Arctic Food Web Unraveling (Part I)

By Bruce Barcott, OnEarth

Ecosystems Make Dollars and Sense for Business

By Matthew Berger

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