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Global Forecasts of Urban Expansion to 2030 and Direct Impacts on Biodiversity and Carbon Pools

2011 study by Yale University, Texas A&M, and Boston University on the global impact of low-density urban sprawl.

Influences of Wolf Predation, Habitat Loss and Human Activity on Caribou and Moose in the Alberta Oil Sands

2011 study in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on threats to the caribou population of Alberta’s oil sands region.

Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle

2010 study by the University of Maine and others on the effect the ability of whales to sequester carbon and the potential benefits of restoring whale populations.

Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries

2010 study by researchers from Harvard, Princeton, the University of Adelaide, and the National University of Singapore on the environmental impact across a large set of countries.

Sustainable Water Management in the U.S. Southwest

2010 study from the Nature Conservancy Center for Science and Public Policy on patterns of stream-flow depletion across 18 Arizona watersheds and possible mitigation strategies.

Global Versus Local Conservation for Endangered Bird Species

2010 study examining the challenges of coordinating small-scale and large-scale endangered-species lists.