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Staying current for Chapter 1 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Ecosystem Change Contents } 2026-07-10. Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining. By Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow, The New York Times. Excerpt: The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, […]

{ 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 } 2026-08-04. Project backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos aims to save 100 critically endangered species. By Claire Cameron, Scientific American. Excerpt: A venture backed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos is aiming to save 100 global species that […]

Staying current for Chapter 7 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-07-26. Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes? By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News. Excerpt: San Francisco Bay is one of the busiest marine superhighways…. Massive container ships cruise alongside crude oil tankers under the Golden Gate […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-03-04. North American birds: from decline to free fall. By Science Advisor. Excerpt: North American bird populations have been falling for decades. But a new study in Science suggests something even more troubling: In many places, those declines are accelerating. Using data from 1033 North American […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-06-11. Threads of Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Are Long Enough to Reach Beyond the Solar System. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News. Excerpt: For the first time ever, researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-07-10. Ancient DNA solves Medici murder mystery. By Taylor Mitchell Brown, Science. Excerpt: It was a warm October day in 1587 when Grand Duke Francesco de Medici succumbed to fever. At the time, doctors suspected malaria, but it didn’t […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-04-15. Ten thousand years ago, human evolution went into overdrive. By Andrew Curry, Science. Excerpt: Ancient DNA reveals “massive” genetic shifts tied to rise of farming, wheels, and metal tools. After modern humans made it to Europe some 50,000 […]

Staying current for Chapter 2  { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2026-08-06. Genes of an icon. By ichael Price, Science. Excerpt: …between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago, bison became central to Indigenous people’s way of living: They ate the animal’s meat and fat, and made clothing and shelter from its hide, tools from its bones, rope […]