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Staying current for Chapter 1 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Ecosystem Change Contents } 2025-10-30. Rocky Mountain National Park wants its beavers back. By Hank Lacey, SFgate. Excerpt: On Rocky Mountain National Park’s less-visited west side, the Kawuneeche Valley looks different than it used to. Where wetlands shimmered, the autumn light now bathes […]

{ Ecosystem Change Contents } { All GSS Books } Bryant, Jeannette, ed. Conservation Directory: A list of Organizations, Agencies, and Officials Concerned with Natural Resource Use and Management. National Wildlife Federation, 1995. Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Chadwick, Douglas H. “Dead or Alive: The Endangered Species Act.” National Geographic. Vol. […]

ECOSYSTEM CHANGE is about the interdependence of all living things and the nonliving environment. It is also about how human activities are changing ecosystems around the world. See Overview. Contents Chapters Investigations Stay Current 1. Earth Alive! 1.1 Make a Model Ecosystem Chapter 1 2. Energy Through the System Chapter 2 3. Studying Desert Ecosystems […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-02-10. Persistent pesticides. By Science [Advisor]. Excerpt: It’s been more than 60 years since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring woke the world to the dangers of pesticides. But have countries really stopped spraying them? Clearly not, finds a new analysis published last week […]

Staying current for Chapter 7 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-02-19. Fishing ban spurs fish recovery. By Science Advisor. Excerpt: For decades, biodiversity in the Yangtze River declined under pressure from overfishing, dam construction, pollution, and rapid development. Since the 1950s, fishery yields have fallen to a quarter of […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-07-21. Raptors A to Z – an eclectic introduction to birds of prey – https://raptorsarethesolution.org/raptors-a-to-z/ 2025-01-07. The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland. By  Caroline Van Hemert, bioGraphic. Excerpt: …Peregrine falcons hold near-mythical appeal in our collective imagination, and for good reason. Topping out at speeds of […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-06-13. Fallowed Fields Are Fueling California’s Dust Problem. By Andrew Chapman, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: California produces more than a third of the vegetables and three quarters of the fruits and nuts in the United States. But water constraints are leaving […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-11-08. CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study. By Rob Stein, NPR. Excerpt: A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life, according to a small […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-10-15. Poisonous sacs helped toads conquer the world. By Phie Jacobs, Science. Excerpt: …the poisonous sacs, known as parotoid glands, don’t just allow toads to wreak havoc as invasive species. They may also have helped toads spread across large parts […]

Staying current for Chapter 2  { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-10-23. After centuries of trauma, Montana’s Blackfeet Nation turns to an old friend for food sovereignty: bison. By Aaron Agosto, The Guardian. Excerpt: For the Blackfeet, bison are as much a source of food as they are a part of their cultural identity. Before the […]