Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

New Park Protects Tigers, Elephants and Carbon

The Royal Government’s Council of Ministers recently declared the creation of the Seima Protection Forest, which covers more than 1,100 square miles along…

Environmental Conservation

Accountability Flaw in Climate Treaties Risks More Deforestation

A team of 13 prominent scientists and land-use experts has identified an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules for bioenergy that could, if…

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The White Stuff: Marine Lab Team Seeks to Understand Coral Bleaching

Coral bleaching is the whitening of living coral due to a disruption of the symbiosis (two organisms whose living together benefits both) with its…

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Glacial Melting Releases Pollutants in Lake Oberaar Sediment

In the study, Christian Bogdal and colleagues focused on organic pollutants in sediment from a model body of water –– glacier-fed Lake Oberaar in the Bernese…

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Decline in Russian Tigers Sparks Urgent Trade Ban Calls

New census figures indicate that tiger populations in the Russian Far East, which in 2005 numbered nearly 500, have declined significantly due to poaching of…

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Improving China’s Acid Rain Control Strategy

The study, which suggests that government officials adapt a more comprehensive pollution control strategy that includes a new emphasis on cutting nitrogen…

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Does the 21st Century Belong to Asia or Latin America?

Dr. Sanderson writes: “It is possible to envision a more positive future, in which policies are set to deliver on the ‘elusive environmental Kuznets curve’…

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Improving China's acid rain control strategy

The study, which suggests that government officials adapt a more comprehensive pollution control strategy that includes a new emphasis on cutting nitrogen…

Environmental Conservation

Arctic land and seas account for up to 25 percent of world's carbon sink

In a new study in the journal Ecological Monographs, ecologists estimate that Arctic lands and oceans are responsible for up to 25 percent of the global net…

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Nitrogen Mysteries in Urban Grasslands

There are over 150,000 km2 of urban grasslands in the U.S. and many receive high rates of fertilizer, creating concerns about nutrient runoff to streams,…

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Invasive Snake Species: Assessing Risks in the U.S.

The USGS report details the risks of nine non-native boa, anaconda and python species that are invasive or potentially invasive in the United States. Because…

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Largest Genetic Study of Southern Hemisphere Humpbacks Unveiled

After 15 years of research in the waters of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of…

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New Tech for Tracking Ultra-Fine Dust Emissions

Fine particle emissions have been the subject of heated debate for years. People who live near industrial plants see the smoke being discharged into the…

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Conservation Targets Too Small to Stop Extinction

That’s according to a new study by University of Adelaide and Macquarie University scientists which has shown that populations of endangered species are…

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Offshore Wind Farms: Minimal Impact on Baltic Sea Water Exchange

This is the conclusion which scientists of an international consortium coordinated by IOW draw after a four-year project period. In the framework of two…

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No place like home: Africa's big cats show postcode preference

The results shed light on how different habitats are used by some of Tanzania's most elusive meat eaters, such as the leopard. Scientists from the Zoological…

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