Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Scientists Monitor the Health of the Caney Fork River by Fishing with Electricity

Though water and electricity are not usually a good mix, the combination is one of the best methods for collecting fish and determining their health. The…

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New Insights on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Flow Rates

The results—published in the Sept. 5, 2011 online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)—are in line with the federal government's…

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Chile Reels in Salmon Farms

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) commended local Chilean officials for keeping salmon farms from the fragile coastal waters of Tierra del Fuego Province…

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Managing Water Resources to Save Salmon Runs Amid Warming Streams

There are options for managing water resources to protect the salmon runs, although they would impact hydroelectric power generation, said Lisa Thompson,…

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Southern Rocky Mountain Pikas Thrive, CU-Boulder Assessment Shows

American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the…

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Wildlife Conservation Society Hatches Rare Siamese Crocodiles

Working with the government of Lao PDR, the Wildlife Conservation Society has helped to successfully hatch a clutch of 20 Siamese crocodiles, a species…

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Wolves may aid recovery of Canada lynx, a threatened species

In research published today in Wildlife Society Bulletin, scientists suggest that a key factor in the Canada lynx being listed as threatened under the…

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How Game Theory Can Tackle Climate Change Free-Riders

“Free riders are countries which continue to emit CO2 without restraint, even when most members of the international community have committed themselves to…

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Wastewater Recycling: Uncovering Its Greenhouse Gas Impact

That's the summary of a new paper by Amy Townsend-Small, assistant professor of geology and geography at the University of Cincinnati, and a team of…

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Study Reveals 4% Ocean Preservation Safeguards Marine Mammals

Of the 129 species of marine mammals on Earth, including seals, dolphins and polar bears, approximately one-quarter are facing extinction, the study said.”It's…

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New Study Shows that Florida’s Reefs Cannot Endure a ‘Cold Snap’

Remember frozen iguanas falling from trees during Florida’s 2010 record-breaking cold snap? Well, a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM)…

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Bolt Your Door: Invasive Species Attacking Texas

Anna Armitage and Antonietta Quigg, marine biologists on the Galveston campus, have been studying how numerous plants and some animals not native to Texas have…

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Hake Population Thrives Amid Sea Warming Insights

Ms Nerea Goikoetxea, a researcher at Azti-Tecnalia, has been witness to this. She has investigated the population dynamics of the northern European hake…

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Researchers Improve Satellite Surface Measurements

The results of their study from the 2009 NASA Student Airborne Research Program are published in the Aug. 4 online edition of the journal Remote Sensing…

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Pesticides, Severe Weather, Land Development Threaten Butterfly Migration

Williams attributes the decrease in monarchs to the loss of milkweed from use of “Roundup Ready” crops, land development, illegal logging at the wintering…

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Göttingen Researchers Lead Amazon Environmental Study Project

Geographers at Göttingen University are coordinating a large-scale project for studying the Amazon basin. The research focuses on the analysis and development…

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