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Katarina SamurovićKatarina Samurović

Katarina Samurović is an environmental analyst and a freelance science writer. She has a special interest in biodiversity, ecoclimatology, biogeography, trees, and insects.
A black Eastern gray squirrel looks in a trash container. Photo: Caitlin Dempsey, CC BY 4.0

Anthropause: The Impact of Covid-19 Related Slowdowns on Wildlife

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 by Katarina Samurović

Human-animal relations are extremely complex, and our presence – or absence – has greater power over the population dynamics than we commonly think

Categories Biogeography Tags wildlife
A herd of caribou swims across the Noatak River in Alaska, heading south for the winter. Photo: NPS, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, public domain.

New Maps For Ungulate Migration Routes Across the Western U.S.

February 10, 2021 by Katarina Samurović

Federal and state wildlife biologists have come together to create a unique map of ungulate migrations across the American West.

Categories Biogeography Tags animal migration, migration map
Planting a longleaf pine seedling, Big Thicket National Preserve. Photo: NPS, public domain.

Mega Tree Planting Efforts Around the World

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

As a response to the global deforestation crisis, many countries, organizations, and influencers have started mega-tree planting projects.

Categories Biogeography Tags tree planting
Eelgrass at Cape Cod National Seashore. Photo: USGS, public domain.

The World’s Biggest Seagrass Restoration Project Is Good News for Marine Life and Climate

December 10, 2020November 30, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

Researchers have been conducting the world’s most extensive seagrass meadow restoration.

Categories Biogeography Tags ecological restoration, seagrass
Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF) Pacific herring reared in the wet laboratory at the Marrowstone Marine Field Station. Photo: USGS, public domain

Study Finds Staggering Decline in Marine Fishery Biomass

November 2, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

A recent global long-term fishery biomass trends evaluation has found an alarming decline in fish populations worldwide.

Categories Biogeography Tags fisheries
Douglas fir forest on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, McKenzie Pass, Willamette National Forest. Photo: David Goodrich, NOAA. Public domain.

Rapid Growth Shortens Trees’ Lifespans – and Adds to the Climate Crisis

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

Researchers have found that trees growing faster due to warming conditions are also dying faster.

Categories Biogeography Tags carbon sequestration, climate change, forests
Freshwater habitats are in decline and under threat. Lindsey Slough in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is being choked by invasive aquatic vegetation. Photo: USGS, public domain.

WWF Report: Wildlife Has Declined 68% Since 1970

October 16, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

In their latest Living Planet 2020 report, WWF revealed that global wildlife is facing catastrophic decline.

Categories Biogeography Tags biodiversity
Composite image of Europe at night, 2016. Credits: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Germany Plans to Curb Light Pollution to Save Insects

October 2, 2020September 10, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

In the latest bid to reverse the dramatic insect decline, Germany is planning on dimming its lights.

Categories Biogeography Tags insects, light pollution
Source: National Research and Development Institute for Soil, Agro-chemistry and Environmental Protection, Sectorial Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2007 via Combating desertification in the EU: a growing threat in need of more action, European Court of Auditors, 2018.

Desertification in Romania

August 24, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

In their Sixth National Communication on Climate Change and First Biennial Report from 2013, the Romanian authorities estimated that the area affected by desertification makes up for about 30% of the country’s total area.

Categories Biogeography Tags desertification, Romania
An 1860 lithographic print by Eugene von Guerard entitled Crater of Mount Eccles (Victoria). Public domain via MediaWiki Commons.

Linking Geological Events to Aboriginal Oral Tradition and Stories

August 20, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

Recent findings about the existence of human civilization dating back 50,000 years suggests major geological events have been described in Aboriginal oral tradition and stories.

Categories Ethnography Tags Australia
A photograph showing a snow algae bloom dominated by green algae starting to melt out from beneath seasonal snow cover. Photo: Gray et al., 2020. CC BY 4.0.

Why Is Antarctica’s Snow Turning Green?

April 5, 2021August 6, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

The coasts of the northern Antarctic Peninsula are seasonally turning green, orange, and red – all thanks to microscopic algae.

Categories Glaciology Tags Antarctica, climate change
Map showing mass ice loss from Antarctica (2003 to 2019). Source: Smith et al., 2020.

Coastal Ice Loss is Outpacing Mainland Ice Gains on Both Antarctica and Greenland

July 2, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

A recent study has confirmed that the coastal ice loss is much greater than the mainland ice gain on both Antarctica and Greenland.

Categories Glaciology Tags Antarctica, climate change, Greenland, ice loss
Projected geographical shift of the human temperature niche from current (A) to 2070 (B). Map C shows shaded areas of red where suitability has shifted the most from suitable to less suitable. Maps: Xu et al., 2020.

Study Estimates That 3 Billion People Will Be Living In Extreme Heat By 2070

September 26, 2020June 18, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

Researchers used data from UN population projections to map out how a three-degree warming scenario will translate into temperature changes for the world’s population.

Categories Population Geography Tags climate change, mean annual temperature

2020 Earth Day Marks the 50th Anniversary

April 16, 2020 by Katarina Samurović

On April 22, 2020, a big environmental jubilee is taking place – the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

Categories Environmental Geography Tags earth day
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