In the framework of their expedition, the German research vessel Maria S. Merian visits for the first time the port of Cyprus on 22 October 2009. The Maria S. Merian is one of the most modern multidis...
Earth Sciences |Results show that the lagoons are in the process of regressing, largely due to the extraction of underground water for the Matalascañas tourist resort (Huelva). Moreover, the natural effects of the ec...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |Sandbar, dusky and tiger sharks are among dozens of shark species living in the coastal waters off the U.S. East Coast. Little is known about many of the species, but a survey begun nearly 25 years ag...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |"We have developed a model that shows on maps how various types of plants develop in a Mediterranean landscape, with the role of fire included as an integral feature in Mediterranean vegetation d...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |"Resource management and conservation in coastal waters must address a litany of impacts from human activities, from the land, such as urban runoff and other types of pollution, and from the sea,...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |A new study provides the first global evaluation of how management practices influence fisheries’ sustainability. The study assessed the effectiveness of the world’s fisheries management regimes using...
Studies and Analyses |A new study provides the first global evaluation of how management practices influence fisheries' sustainability. The study assessed the effectiveness of the world's fisheries manage...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |Enormous progress has been made in the field of marine technology over the last decade. Sophisticated remotely operated autonomous underwater vehicles have been deployed on a number of seagoing expedi...
Event News |In the rush to market, products also bring hitchhikers: invasive species. These exotics often overtake native species, ravage agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and damage ecosystems and, ultimately...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |The first map of the level of alien plant invasions in European Union was published in the Wiley-Blackwell journal Diversity and Distributions.An international team of Czech, Spanish and Briti...
Life Sciences |While many of the world's fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s. The surprising cause of this ex...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |The current situation of worldwide concern over the emission of greenhouse gases and its effect on the climate demands an evaluation, from the perspective of energy efficiency and more specifically of...
Agricultural and Forestry Science |Spanish researchers have proved that the combined use of the compost of the waste obtained from olive grinding (alpeorujo) and manure improve agricultural land properties with a high salt content....
Agricultural and Forestry Science |The EUROCORES programme TOPO-EUROPE (4-D Topography Evolution in Europe: Uplift, Subsidence and Sea level Change) sets out to answer these questions and many more. So far the largest programme of the ...
Interdisciplinary Research |At a European Science Foundation and COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) 'Frontiers of Science' meeting in Sicily in October, scientists described a...
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