Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Texas Researchers Discover Crude Oil’s Reduced Toxicity to Bird Eggs

After collecting weathered crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human…

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Sandia’s CANARY software protects water utilities from terrorist attacks and contaminants, boosts quality

Now, thanks to CANARY Event Detection Software — an open-source software developed by Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with the Environmental…

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How Wildfires Are Reshaping Yellowstone’s Forests

“We are following the long-term effects of fire in the Yellowstone area and encountering some lessons and surprises that challenge the way we think about fire…

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Parasites Uncover New Ecological Rules in Ecosystem Study

The research, published this week in the journal Science, includes parasites in a comprehensive study of ecosystems. By doing so, the scientists say they have…

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Avian ‘Axe effect’ attracts attention of females and males

A Michigan State University researcher revealed the process of how males draw attention to themselves through chemical communication in the current issue of…

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Dairy Farms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Key Insights

This research was conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory in Kimberly, Idaho.ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and these studies support the USDA priority of responding to climate change. …

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Baylor Study: Desert Birds Thrive Amid Wildfires, Climate Change

A new Baylor University study has found that some bird species in the desert southwest are less affected, and in some cases positively influenced, by…

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Grand Cayman Blue Iguana: A Conservation Success Story

While thousands of species are threatened with extinction around the globe, efforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a…

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Loss of Top Animal Predators Has Massive Ecological Effects

“Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth,” a review paper that will be published on July 15, 2011, in the journal Science, concludes that the decline of large…

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2011 ‘Dead Zone’ Could Be Biggest Ever

Oceanography professor Steve DiMarco, one of the country’s leading authorities on the dead zone, says the team of researchers journeyed more than 1,400 miles…

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Researchers investigate the spread of invasive plant species in South America and Australia

Invasive plant species in Chile pose a higher threat to its neighbour, Argentina, than vice versa. This was concluded by scientists from the University of…

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Collaboration in the Himalayas: Advancing Migration Research

The Department of Migration and Immuno-Ecology, headed by Martin Wikelski at the Department in Radolfzell is intensifying the exchange between the scientists…

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Understanding Larval Reef Fish Migrations for Marine Protection

Research published today in the international journal Oecologia sheds new light on the dispersal of marine fish in their larval stages, important information…

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Optical Analyses Boost Biogas Facility Efficiency

When biomass is fermented to produce methane, acids are created, and if the acid concentration gets too high, the process collapses and the facility has to be…

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California’s Groundwater Management: Local Solutions Emerge

Critics say that this decentralized system leaves the state vulnerable to overdraft, which occurs when water is pumped out faster than replacement water is…

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Closed Landfill: Hazards Due to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Heavy Metals

Nor Amani Filzah Mohd Kamil of University of Tun Hussein Onn and Professor Dr Suhaimi Abdul Talib of University of Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia…

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