Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Horseshoe Crab Decline Linked to Climate Change Trends

A distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the end of the last Ice Age, according to a study that…

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Tiny Gulf Sea Creature Could Shed Light on Oil Spill’s Impact

The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Matthew Jenny, assistant professor of biological sciences at UA, a research grant for the project focusing on sea…

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Scientists discover key to Christmas Island’s red crab migration

A three-year project conducted by a team led by the late Professor Steve Morris from the University of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences in collaboration…

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E-Waste Recycling: Scientists Warn of Toxic Emissions Risks

Scientists from China and the United States have identified numerous toxic elements in the emissions from an e-waste recycling workshop in southern China,…

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Coral off Puerto Rico's coast 'ideal case study' for Gulf oil spill's impact

University of Central Florida biologist John Fauth, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and non-governmental agencies are…

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Commercial road would disrupt world's greatest migration

At issue is the proposed Arusha-Musoma highway, slated for construction in 2012. According to the proposed route, the highway would bisect the northern portion…

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Fuel Treatments Cut Wildfire Impact in Washington Forests

“This study provides the most definitive evidence yet of the effectiveness of fuel treatments in dry forests of the Pacific Northwest,” said Susan Prichard, a…

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UF Study Reveals Carnivore Species Shrinkage During Global Warming

The study, scheduled to appear in the December print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution and now available online, describes a new species that…

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Nanobiotechnology Boosts Algae Growth for Biofuels

Sureshkumar and Wani have discovered a method to make algae, which can be used in the production of biofuels, grow faster by manipulating light particles…

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Smithsonian Scientists Help Create First Frozen Repository for Hawaiian Coral

Mary Hagedorn, an adjunct faculty member at HIMB and a research scientist with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, leads the laboratory at the HIMB…

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Oil Plumes Threaten Gulf Marine Life: Key Research Insights

The research investigates five scenarios of oil and methane plumes at different depths and incorporates an estimated rate of flow from the Deepwater Horizon…

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Researchers Explore the Geometry of Cleaning Up the Gulf Coast

Fueled by oxygen, naturally occurring bacteria can slowly destroy blobs and slicks of crude oil without the use of additional chemicals. Faculty researchers at…

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Forecasting the Fate of Fertilizer in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

One way farmers manage manure from their livestock is by applying it to crop fields, which increases soil levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. But when it rains,…

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Air-Cleaning Paving Slabs: Germany’s Innovative Solution

In Germany, ambient air quality is not always as good as it might be – data from the federal environment ministry makes this all too clear. In 2009, the…

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Kihansi spray toads make historic return to Tanzania

In a bold effort to save one of the world's rarest amphibians from extinction, one hundred Kihansi spray toads have been flown home to Tanzania after being…

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Coral Mortality Soars After Bleaching in Indonesia

The Wildlife Conservation Society today released initial field observations that indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters…

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