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The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
Wetlands in the UK are vital for biodiversity and human well-being, but 86% of rivers fall short of ecological standards. Find out how our wetland restoration project River of Life II is now offering refuge to diverse species and a sanctuary for the soul.
Read the full story from the University of Freiburg. Climate impacts such as dry, hot summers reduce the growth and increase the mortality of trees in the Black Forest because they negatively influence the climatic water balance, i.e., the difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration. That is the central finding of a long-term study of…