Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

NOAA Designates Critical Habitat for Endangered Black Abalone

In February 2009, black abalone was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, and the Act requires critical habitat be designated, to the maximum…

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Tel’s Innovative Solution for Reducing Atmospheric Carbon

Fears of global warming and its impact on our environment have left scientists scrambling to decrease levels of atmospheric carbon we humans produce. Now, Tel…

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Boeing Invests in Carbon Fibre Recycling Partnership

In the past decade, researchers at Nottingham led by Dr Steve Pickering have developed ways to recycle carbon fibre composites. They have worked with Boeing…

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Wildlife Conservation Society Uncovers Record Number of Jaguars in Bolivia

Using technology first adapted to identify tigers by stripe patterns, WCS conservationists have identified 19 individual jaguars by spot patterns in the…

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NOAA Reports on Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary Challenges

NOAA scientists have found that pressure from increasing coastal populations, ship and boat groundings, marine debris, poaching, and climate change are…

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Higher Estimates of North Pacific Humpback Whales Unveiled

The number of North Pacific Humpback Whales in the 2008 study known as the Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance and Status of Humpbacks, or SPLASH,…

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Global Carbon Emissions: Understanding Consumption Links

Carbon is extracted out of the ground as coal, gas, and oil, and these fuels are often exported to other countries where they are burned to generate the energy…

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Method of Studying Roots Rarely Used in Wetlands Improves Ecosystem Research

Colleen Iversen, ORNL ecosystem ecologist, and an international group of experts, worked to develop a consensus on the use of minirhizotrons, or tiny video…

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Deep-Reef Coral Thrives in Shade, Prefers Dim Depths

Bird's nest coral (Seriatopora hystrix) is common throughout the Indo-Pacific and is able to live across a range of depths. However, there is little gene flow…

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Future Forests: New Insights on Carbon Dioxide Absorption

As a result, they could help slow the pace of human-caused climate warming more than most scientists had thought, a U-M ecologist and his colleagues have…

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Ecosystem Management Must Consider Human Impact Too

Maybe not, say two scientists writing in the Oct. 14, 2011, issue of the journal Science. In a review of their papers in a Perspectives article in the same…

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Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruption

The findings, just published in the journal Freshwater Biology, raise concerns that climate change, over-pumping of aquifers for urban water use, and land…

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Cold War's nuclear wastes pose challenges to science, engineering, society

“Technology, innovation, development and deployment are key elements in the DOE cleanup effort,” said Yvette T. Collazo, Paula G. Kirk and A. Alan Moghissi of…

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Pesticides pollute European waterbodies more than previously thought

Pesticides are a bigger problem than had long been assumed. This is the conclusion of a study in which scientists analysed data on 500 organic substances in…

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New Computer Program Aims to Protect Whales from Collisions

“The objective is to reduce the collision risk with whales while taking into account the impact on industry and marine transportation,” said Lael Parrott, who…

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Biologists Fish for Reasons Behind Endangered Grouper's Comeback

The three-year study will determine what specific conditions and fishy behaviors are supporting the goliath grouper’s population recovery in the Atlantic Ocean…

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