Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Genetic Markers Help Feds Enforce Seafood Regulations

The test is needed to ensure that the blue marlin sold in U.S. seafood markets were not taken from the Atlantic Ocean. The import and sale of blue marlin from…

Environmental Conservation

Fukushima Radioactivity Study: Impact on Ocean Health Revealed

The study, conducted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist Ken Buesseler and two Japanese colleagues, Michio Aoyama of the Meteorological Research…

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Cameras Snap First Images of Snow Leopards in Siberia

The cameras captured photos of two snow leopards in October as they walked along a ridge in the Altai Mountains along the Russia-Mongolia border.“To get a…

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Researcher Finds Key to Ancient Weather Patterns in Florida's Caves

His goal? To compare ancient meteorological patterns with modern ones in the northern Gulf of Mexico region and ultimately inform policymakers on how to build…

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Benefits Abound with Recently Patented System That Reduces Phosphorus in Wastewater, Engineering Team Finds

Excess phosphate from both animal and human wastewater is an important environmental problem. It can pollute water resources and cause algae blooms, a problem…

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Public-Private Partnership Helps to Monitor Fish Populations in the Mid-Atlantic and New England

Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are now working with commercial fishermen to collect and share fisheries data in a cooperative…

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Marine Predators Face Decline Due to Overfishing Trends

In half of the North Atlantic and North Pacific waters under national jurisdiction, fishing has led to a 90-per-cent decrease in top predators since the 1950s,…

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Climate Changes Faster than Species Can Adapt

The study, which focuses on North American rattlesnakes, finds that the rate of future change in suitable habitat will be two to three orders of magnitude…

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Carbon Emissions Surge Post-Financial Crisis: Key Insights

In 2010, emissions reached an all-time high of 9.1 billion tons of carbon, compared with 8.6 billion tons in 2009. The downturn was also followed by milestone…

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Global warming changes balance between parasite and host in fish — new study

Parasitic worms that infect fish, and have a devastating effect on fish reproduction, grow four times faster at higher temperatures – providing some of the…

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Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change

The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, is published Dec. 2 in the journal Science. The team's groundbreaking integral projection…

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Scientists Propose Thinning Sierra Forests to Enhance Water Runoff

The team proposes to test the hypothesis that forest-management strategies that use thinning to reduce fire risk and maintain the historical mix can also…

Environmental Conservation

Biotechnology Innovations for Sustainable Water in Africa

“Wastewater treatment is a socioeconomic issue rather than a purely technical one. Using biotechnology for this purpose will provide communities with a safe…

Environmental Conservation

World's first captive breeding of Ozark hellbenders at Saint Louis Zoo

The Saint Louis Zoo's Ron Goellner Center for Hellbender Conservation and the Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Nov. 30, 2011, that Ozark…

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Bison on Konza Prairie Fuel Experiments to Restore Prairie Ecosystem

But the bison at Konza serve an important purpose by furthering the efforts of numerous experiments being conducted on-site, according to Kansas State…

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Genetic Trait Discovery Could Transform Rainbow Trout Fisheries

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout — one in Alaska, the other in Idaho — share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries…

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