Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Policy transparency key to saving world's fisheries

A new study provides the first global evaluation of how management practices influence fisheries' sustainability. The study assessed the effectiveness of the…

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Counting Tigers: New DNA Method Enhances Population Accuracy

According to the study, researchers will be able to accurately count and assess tiger populations by identifying individual animals from the unique DNA…

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Researchers Predict Large 2009 Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Chesapeake Bay's Oxygen-starved Zone Likely to Shrink

University of Michigan aquatic ecologist Donald Scavia and his colleagues say this year's Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” could be one of the largest on record,…

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Harbor Branch and Egypt Team Up for Red Sea Marine Research

Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at FAU Pledge to Cooperate on Oceanographic Research…

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Ancient Drought and Cooling Shaped Our Climate History

The events – one, a massive, long-lived drought believed to have dried large portions of Africa and Asia, and the other, a rapid cooling that accelerated the…

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Consider the Oyster: Innovations in Ocean Farming Solutions

There are Cynics who see only catastrophic answers to Earth’s population explosion: War and pestilence come to mind.Then there are those who look a little…

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Gear Bans "can help save reefs"

An international team of scientists led by Dr Josh Cinner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University has proposed that…

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Palm Trees to Spruce: Unraveling Climate Shifts 33.5 Million Years Ago

One long-standing climate puzzle relates to a sequence of events 33.5 million years ago in the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Profound changes were underway….

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Rising Ocean Acidity Threatens Shellfish Industry and Jobs

Intensive burning of fossil fuels and deforestation over the last two centuries have increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere by almost 40 percent. The oceans…

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Innovative Fishing Gear Bans Could Aid Coral Recovery

The international team of scientists has proposed that bans on fishing gear – like spear guns, fish traps, and beach seine nets – could aid in the recovery of…

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Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn

A common species of fish which is found across Europe including the UK, called the nine-spined stickleback, could be the first animal shown to exhibit an…

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Heavy Metals Transfer from Huelva Estuary to Fish Tissues

“We found positive correlations between the levels of some metals in the waters of the Huelva estuary and those in the tissues of gilthead bream (Sparus…

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Climate Change Effects on American Living and Working Spaces

Climate change is visible and occurring throughout the U.S., but the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to…

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Mercury Levels in Mackenzie River Delta Surpass Expectations

Researcher Jennifer Graydon analyzed water in the Mackenzie River as it flowed north into the Beaufort Sea. She collected samples for three months and…

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Bonobos Reintroduced to Wild: Duke and Harvard Research Study

On June 14 and 28, for the first time ever, a group of 18 orphan bonobos will be returned to the wild.”We'll be monitoring the social behavior and feeding…

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Amazon’s Conservation Policy Thrives in Brazil: Study Insights

The study, to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contends state and federal governments in Brazil have created a sustainable…

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