Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

ORNL Scientists Enhance Algae Technology to Protect Water Supplies

The new work demonstrates that the technology that uses algae as sentinels has broader applications than previously reported, according to authors Miguel…

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Bioavailable Contaminants From Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Contaminants from natural coal deposits in the Gulf of Alaska are not easily bioavailable, unlike the crude oil from the Exxon Valdez tanker catastrophe.This…

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Hawaii Researchers Investigate Mercury Levels in Pelagic Fish

In the open ocean, species of large predatory fish will swim and hunt for food at various depths, which leads to unique diets in these fish. Oceanographers and…

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Understanding Shifting Baselines in River Restoration Efforts

Steep reductions in the abundance of fish, shellfish, and other aquatic fauna in recent centuries are not restricted to animals that live in the sea:…

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Air Pollution Linked to Decreased Rainfall in China

This is revealed by an international study conducted with support from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. There is a risk that the consequences will be…

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Small Rodents Foster Scrubland Growth in Spain’s Forests

The trees in the forests such as the holm oaks, rowans and pines have unexpected predators which are impeding their expansion over the mountains. In 98.5% of…

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Marine Viruses May Contribute to Ocean Energy

Technion professor Oded Béjà and colleagues suggest that the viruses, or marine phages, may use the genes to gain a competitive advantage over the bacteria…

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Tunnels Amplify Air Pollution: Study Reveals 1000x Increase

The study, which has been published in Atmospheric Environment, measured ultrafine particle concentration levels outside a vehicle travelling through the M5…

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Bats without borders: World's largest bats need international protection

Writing in the new issue of the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, they say around 22,000 flying foxes are legally hunted (in addition to…

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Ocean Warming May Increase the Abundance of Marine Consumers

Until now, little has been known about how changes in temperatures might affect the total productivity and growth of all marine consumers (such as animals,…

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World's Last Great Forest Under Threat

The researchers from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, University of Adelaide in Australia and the National University of Singapore have called…

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Tropical Species at Risk: Global Warming’s Impact on Ecosystems

Vitt has studied the ecology of lizards in rain forests around the world and, for the past 20 years, as part of a biodiversity project in the Amazon. As a…

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Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming

The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created…

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Climate Volatility to Heighten Poverty Risks in Developing Nations

Using the same methodology for climate prediction as the International Panel on Climate Change and data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

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Candle-Lit Dinners: A Hidden Source of Indoor Air Pollution

Levels can build up in closed rooms, and be reduced by ventilation, they indicated in a study presented at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical…

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Water Quality Improves After Lawn Fertilizer Ban

But do the ordinances really help reduce phosphorus pollution? That's been an open question until now, says John Lehman, professor of ecology and evolutionary…

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