Focus on Arts and Ecology

Authors, October 1, 2020Boniface UshieAssociate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research CenterSara E CaseyAssistant Professor, Columbia University Medical CenterTerry McGovernProfessor, Columbia University Medical CenterContributorsEmily A MaistrellisPublic Health Researcher, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical CenterGrace KimemiaAfrican Population and Health Research CenterKenneth JumaAfrican Population

Infernos in South America’s Pantanal region have burnt twice the area of California’s fires this year. Researchers fear the rare ecosystem will never recover.By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, 25 SEPTEMBER 2020Firefighters and volunteers in the Pantanal, Brazil, have been scrambling to rescue jaguars from extreme fires.Credit: Andre Penner/AP/ShutterstockWhen Luciana Leite arrived in the Pantanal on 2 September, she thought she would be celebrating

Globetrotting pathogens have caused forest-felling disasters that scientists are doing their best to containBy Stephanie Pain, Knowable, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020In southern Italy, two varieties of olive trees, some infected with a disease called Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria carried from tree to tree by a little bug, and some resisting the infection (CHARLES ONIANS/AFP via Getty Images)My adopted hometown of Brighton on England’s south

by ROBERT HUNZIKER,  SEPTEMBER 29, 2020Photograph by Nathaniel St. ClairGlobal warming is ravaging forests throughout the world.“New studies show drought and heat waves will cause massive die-offs, killing most trees alive today.” (Source: We Need to Hear These Poor Trees Scream: Unchecked Global Warming Means Big Trouble for Forests, Inside Climate News, April 25, 2020)According to Bill Anderegg, a forest researcher at the University