Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

LSU Researcher Finds Toxic Algae in Open Ocean Waters

LSU’s Sibel Bargu, along with her former graduate student Ana Garcia, from the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences in LSU’s School of the Coast &…

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Invasive species — the biggest threat to fish in the Mediterranean basin

“The continental fish of the Mediterranean basin are one of the most threatened biological groups in the world”, Miguel Clavero, lead author of the study and a…

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Turtle Capture Surge in Madagascar Raises Conservation Concerns

Researchers from the University of Exeter and Blue Ventures Conservation say the figure, thought to be a conservative estimate, is the first direct assessment…

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Tigers in Crisis: Over 1,000 Skins Seized in Decade

Reduced to Skin and Bones shows that from January 2000 to April 2010, parts of between 1,069 and 1,220 tigers were seized in 11 of the 13 tiger range…

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Iron Boosts Toxic Algae Blooms in Open Ocean Study

The new findings, reported this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, add to concerns about proposals to use iron fertilization of the…

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Polar bears can't eat geese into extinction

As the Arctic warms, a new cache of resources—snow goose eggs—may help sustain the polar bear population for the foreseeable future. In a new study published…

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UV Light Doubles Vacuum's Effectiveness in Reducing Carpet Microbes

Researchers say the findings suggest that incorporating the germicidal properties of UV light into vacuuming might have promise in reducing allergens and…

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Innovative Method to Reduce Excess Nitrogen Pollution

Excess nitrogen from agricultural and urban lands is contaminating groundwater, streams, lakes and estuaries, where it causes harmful algal blooms and…

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New Study Enhances Urban Ozone Level Prediction Models

A team of scientists has, for the first time, completely characterized an important chemical reaction that is critical to the formation of ground-level ozone…

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Eco-Shrimps: Safeguarding Mangroves and Social Standards

King prawns are enjoying increasing popularity world-wide. They are delicious and a protein-packed alternative in our diet. However from an ecological…

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Root of the matter: A new map shows life-saving forests' scarcity defies past estimates

In the aftermath of the disaster, land change scientist Chandra Giri from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) decided to explore to what degree those unique…

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Tropical Frog Shouts Climate Change from the Mountaintops

The frog species, known as the mountain coqui to the hikers they serenade at night and Eleutherodactylus to researchers, has for decades battled a lethal…

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Improving Baltic Sea Health with Advanced Mathematical Models

“The environmental state of the Baltic Sea is affected by many different processes at the same time and on several different time scales. Mathematical models…

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From the Sewer to the Sound: Researchers Examining Effects of Household Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Marine Ecosystems

They view the slime, or biofilm, as a complex community that may hold the key to informing humanity of the true environmental impact of the chemical…

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Everglades Water Quality Shows Positive Changes in Recent Study

Researchers at the University of Florida Research and Education Centers and scientists at the South Florida Water Management District have published a report…

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Plants’ Key Role in Air Pollution Cleanup Revealed by Study

Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a new study finds.The research, led by scientists at the National Center for…

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