Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Europe’s aquatic birds will seek new nesting sites in the face of global warming

A joint analysis of all aquatic bird species would give only a hazy picture of biogeographical trends. For this reason, the research team from Malaga divided…

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Nile Delta Fishery Thrives from Sewage and Fertilizer Run-off

While many of the world's fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s. The…

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Deep-Sea Discoveries: US-Australia Team’s Scientific Submarine Voyage

The collaborative voyage of US and Australian researchers was led by chief scientists Dr Jess Adkins from the California Institute of Technology and Dr Ron…

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University of Leicester Joins Climate Change Study at Wildlife Park

It is part of a wider project examining the impact of climate change of African savannas.The academics in the Department of Geography at the University of…

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Satellites Enhance Water Locating Efforts in Niger

Due to the rainfall variability in time and in space, during recent years the rain-fed agriculture struggles to meet the requirements of food security in the…

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Global Temperature Report – December 2008

Global temperatures during 2008 were influenced by a La Nina Pacific Ocean cooling event. Global trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decadeDecember…

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Jumbo-Sized Discovery: 631 Asian Elephants in Taman Negara

WCS and DWNP researchers estimate that there are 631 Asian elephants living in Taman Negara National Park – a 4,343 square kilometer (1,676 square mile)…

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Bacterial Sensory Organs: How They Detect Environmental Changes

If these tiny, microscopic organisms are to survive in these environments, they need to be able to rapidly detect changes in their surroundings and react to…

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Organic Soils Acidify Further Despite Lower Acidic Deposition

Following the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and 1990 acidic deposition in North America has declined significantly since its peak in 1973. Consequently,…

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Seabed Insights: Uncovering Baltic Sea Environmental Changes

By studying the seabed, we can obtain information about environmental changes in the Baltic Sea and the factors affecting them over several thousand years. The…

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New Model for Managing Environmental Risks in Gulf of Finland

The assessment and prevention of these risks require more effective measures than at present. The Finnish-coordinated project of the joint Baltic Sea Research…

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Monitoring Harmful Substances in the Baltic Sea Region

In particular, there is little use of so-called biomarkers, early warning signs at a molecular and cell level. As a part of the joint European BONUS research…

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Sponges in Coral Caves: A Key to Reef Survival

Dutch researcher Jasper de Goeij investigated how caves in the coral reef ensure the reef’s continued existence. Although sponges in these coral caves take up…

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Top 5 Invasive Plants Threatening Southern Forests Today

U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Ecologist Jim Miller, Ph.D., one of the foremost authorities on nonnative plants in the South, today…

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'Refinery dust' reveals clues about local polluters

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the…

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Trondheim to Launch Five New CO2 Laboratories in Europe

A cooperative body, whose members will be appointed by the ministers for research in the nations of the EU and the EEA, has decided that Europe will make a…

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