Solar parks enable renewable energy production at a large scale, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the effects of this change in land use on vegetation and soil health are still largely unknown. In this study, we determined the impacts of solar parks on vegetation, soil biota and soil carbon between and below solar panels.
Luuk Scholten +4 more
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Predicting species diversity and community traits from remote sensing in species-rich grasslands. [PDF]
Suter S, Welden N, Roberts K, Barrett B.
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Could large‐scale silicon supplementation of crop‐lands mitigate the impacts of climate change?
Intervention strategies that involve supplementing crop‐lands with silicon have significant scope for carbon capture and drought mitigation, offering wide‐ranging societal impacts. These include contributing to decarbonisation goals, enhancing food security, providing economic benefits and reducing environmental damage associated with intensive ...
Scott N. Johnson +2 more
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Impacts of climate change on basin vegetation based on Biome-BGC model: A case study with the Jialing River Basin. [PDF]
Wu C, Hou X, Zhang S, Zhou W, Zhou Y.
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Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger +4 more
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Mowing Modulates the Biotic Filter of Expansive Species. [PDF]
Bricca A, Cangelmi G, Ferrara A.
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Incorporating soil biological and functional attributes to advance ecological restoration
Earth is currently experiencing a mass extinction crisis, predominantly driven by anthropogenic activities, with land use change causing widespread loss and degradation of native ecosystems and indigenous species. There is an urgent need to halt this trend and restore degraded habitat to preserve biodiversity and protect threatened plants and animals ...
Uffe N. Nielsen +3 more
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Can policy participation behavior improve the production efficiency of grassland and animal husbandry: A test based on the threshold effect perceived by herdsmen. [PDF]
Zhang X, Yuan X, Liu H.
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Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao
Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley +4 more
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Consensus land-cover mapping improves grassland classification in European mountain landscapes. [PDF]
Opravil Š +5 more
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