The same technology can also be used to clean up nuclear waste. Professor Lynne Macaskie, this week (7-10 September), presented the group's work to the Society…
And while the industry is more efficient than ever, it is also putting a significant strain on marine resources by consuming large amounts of feed made from…
A cool, freshly drawn beer – for many a person this is the greatest of pleasures. But, in fact, a bad conscience should haunt us when we drink beer as it is…
“It used to be very difficult to detect which chronic effects occur,” explains Dr Matthias Liess, head of the UFZ's System Ecotoxicology Department. In their…
In order to foresee the appearance of desertification processes, defined by the United Nations as the “degradation of the land into arid, semi-arid and…
Topology and weather are also factors. Regarding the Station fire in California, Zedaker said that because of the 40-years of buildup of tinder dry fuel, “If…
Conservation biologists based in four countries gathered for an emergency meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, August 19, to address the peril of extinction facing…
One way to maximize the eco-friendly factor of a structure is to include a green roof—and this doesn't refer to the paint color. “Greening” a roof, or covering…
Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have developed a tool that can estimate the harmful effect of pesticides, such as those flushed into rivers and streams from agricultural land, within minutes. "It used to be very difficult to detect which chronic effects occur," explains Dr Matthias Liess, head of the UFZ’s System Ecotoxicology Department.In their new approach, the Helmholtz researchers exploit the fact that pesticides cause characteristic changes to the composition of the life community that is…
Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help…
“Please take” – as simple as following a recipe in a cook book, soils containing heavy metals could be remediated in the future: Depending on the kind of…
According to Darnall, companies don't green their production processes because there are unclear and mixed messages about how doing so will benefit them and…
Veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective…
What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide…
Investing in restoration and maintenance of the Earth's multi-trillion dollar ecosystems – from forests and mangroves to wetlands and river basins – can have a…
The report (published today,1st September, by the Royal Society(1), the UK’s national academy of science) found that unless future efforts to reduce greenhouse…
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