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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 } 2025-06-30. Scientists identify culprit behind biggest-ever U.S. honey bee die-off. By Joanna Thompson, Science. Excerpt: U.S. beekeepers had a disastrous winter. Between June 2024 and January 2025, a full 62% of commercial honey bee colonies in the United States died, […]

Staying current for Chapter 7 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-11-17. How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, The New York Times Excerpt: Two baseballs for a sea turtle. Three sugar cubes for a puffin. A soccer ball for […]

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 […]