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Boreal forests ignored in climate change fight

By ⋅ November 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

  CBC.CA November 11, 2009 by Sharon Oosthoek Boreal forests store more than double the carbon originally thought, yet policy-makers overlook their role in fighting climate change, says a report released Thursday by an international conservation group. “For reasons that are unclear, boreal forests seem to be the carbon the world forgot,” write the authors [...]

Unwelcome visitors

By ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

ON Nature, Winter 2009/2010 by Sharon Oosthoek Fisheries biologists have unexpectedly discovered round gobies in the Thames, Sydenham, Ausable and Grand rivers and are now sounding the alarm over how this invasive fish may affect endangered species. The Great Lakes tributaries were long thought to be immune to such an invasion thanks to their status [...]

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