by ACC Admin | Sep 29, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources
Photo by Michael Behrens, Unsplash Elephants are a significant driver of vegetation change and treefall in the landscapes where they live. As they move through the jungle, devouring plants and swatting aside saplings, Africa’s elusive forest elephant may seem like an...
by ACC Admin | Sep 22, 2024 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources
Sperm whale, Indian Ocean, Mauritius. Photo by Wonderful Nature. Many proposed solutions to climate change, such as capturing carbon directly from the air and burying it deep in the earth, are complicated, costly, and unproven. What if nature offered us a... by ACC Admin | Sep 12, 2022 | 2024, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources
Cale Benefield, Unsplash Once numbering in the millions, the American bison—also known as buffalo—shaped the vast prairies of North America. As the continent’s largest land mammal, their impact on the landscape was profound. But by the late 1800s, bison...
by ACC Admin | Aug 17, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources
Tiger Shark, Bahamas, Gerald Schömbs There is growing evidence from a wide range of ecosystems that predators, via trophic cascades, play an important and potentially irreplaceable role in the carbon cycle. Studies have shown that changes to predator populations can...
by ACC Admin | Aug 16, 2022 | 2022, Blog Article / Thought Piece, Educational Resource, Introductory, Resources
Great wildebeest migration crossing Mara river at Serengeti National Park – Tanzania, Jorge Tung, Unsplash Involving the movement of over one million animals, the annual wildebeest migration across East Africa’s vast Serengeti grassland is one of the world’s...
