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Resilience to Extreme Weather Royal Society Report Executive Summary
Building resillience to extreme weather
Between 1980 and 2004, extreme weather cost the world an estimated US$1.4 trillion and much Read more
ESA Policy News November 19: US, China reach emissions agreement, NSF 'Truthy' study scrutinized, House committee chairs named for 2015
Here are some highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by Policy Analyst Terence Houston. Read more
‘Threatened’ listing for Gunnison sage grouse rouses political scuffle
  A pair of Gunnison sage grouse. Credit/US Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe recent US Fish Read more
Onja Razafindratsima, a graduate student at Rice University, observes a lemur in a Madagascar rainforest. Razafindratsima led a three-year study to explore the relationship between lemurs and trees. Lemurs eat the fruit and spread its seeds far from the parent tree. Credit, Onja Razafindratsima/Rice University.
Madagascar team tracks lemurs as they spread the seeds of the rainforest
On the island nation of Madagascar, the long-limbed local primates, lemurs, are for some trees, Read more
Forest dance on wires depicts a creeping fungal multitude blown back by a tornado
Plant biology PhD student Uma Nagendra of the University of Georgia, Athens, wins the 2014 Dance Read more
ESA Policy News November 5: Senate elections shake up committees, IPCC report finds climate change effects irreversible
Here are some highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by Policy Analyst Terence Houston. Read more