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Ancient coral reef tells the history of Kenya's soil erosion

... the natural vegetation, Dunbar said. But then the colonialists began clear-cutting some of the coastal forests and burning vegetation to make room for the plantation experiments. What followed was a drastic increase in soil erosion that turned the rivers muddy and brown. "It's a natural thing," Dunbar explained....

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(Date:5/22/2013)... provide important new details on how climate change will ... 21 in the Journal of Animal Ecology . ... predictions and informing policymakers of how species are likely ... "There is a growing recognition among biologists that climate ... and that this is going to have very important ...
(Date:5/22/2013)... the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have ... , Researchers led by the University of Leeds and ... evidence of dramatic reductions in the diversity of species ... and 1980s. , But the picture brightened markedly after ... losses among bees, hoverflies and wild plants. ...
(Date:5/21/2013)... Durham, NC Biologists have known for a long ... Exactly why isn,t well understood, particularly for plants. But ... Robert Lanfear of Australian National University and the U. ... study to be published 21 May in the journal ... shorter plants have faster-changing genomes. , Drawing from a ...
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