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Wanted: another planet Earth by 2030

By On October 13, 2010 · 3 Comments

The latest Living Planet Report was released today by WWF and the Global Footprint Network, which finds we are now using resources and producing carbon dioxide at a rate 50 percent faster than the Earth can sustain.

It comes in perfect timing with the upcoming COP10 meeting on the Convention on [...]

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Grazer composition an important factor in controlling macroalgae

By On October 20, 2008 · 2 Comments

We know the biomass of macroalgae on coral reefs is largely controlled by herbivory and that one of the most important groups of grazers are parrotfish.  A new study published in PNAS (Berkepile and Hay 2008) indicates that the richness and composition of grazer species is also important.  In a nutshell, different fish consume different [...]

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