Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Discover SINTEF’s Carbon Dioxide Trapper Innovation

SINTEF’s Karl Anders Hoff feels that he is privileged to be able to work in such a central aspect of the debate over the environment and society. CO2 capture…

Environmental Conservation

Addressing the Coral Reef Crisis: Urgent Global Action Needed

Human pressures on the Coral Triangle (see map http://www.coralcoe.org.au/events/ctiworkshop/ctmap.jpg) have raised grave concerns about the future of its…

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Exploring Forest Biodiversity Amid Human Intrusion

It is also an important reservoir for biological diversity, a key element in tomorrow’s forest productivity. Cemagref’s “Forest, nature, and biodiversity”…

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Designing Low-Allergy Green Spaces: Expert Insights

That is the opinion of Paloma Cariñanos González, researcher of the Department of Botany of the University of Granada, who takes part in the Master Degree in…

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Harnessing Rocks to Capture CO2: A New Innovation in Climate Solutions

Scientists say that a type of rock found at or near the surface in the Mideast nation of Oman and other areas around the world could be harnessed to soak up…

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Coordinated Response Needed for Economic and Environmental Crises

“We're running the planet like a subprime loan,” Dr. Johan Rockström of the Stockholm Resilience Centre said. A coordinated response would reduce the risks of…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Warming’s Effects on Fish: Key Insights from Research

However, the mechanisms of its impact are still poorly known, particularly in the aquatic environment. At Cemagref, two researchers, who have been analysing…

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Advancements in Soil Ecology: Unlocking Carbon Sink Potential

Agricultural soils as well as mountain soils are implicated; they are veritable carbon sinks, which, under the impact of climate warming, could become sources…

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Forecasting rain – Radars for estimating rainfall rates

Today, mountain zones are only partially covered by this rain detection technology. Within the INTERREG project, a new generation of radars is being tested by…

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Future Distribution of Migratory Amphihaline Fish in Europe

Today, most species are in danger. Restoration programs at different spatial and temporal scales have been initiated with, notably, support to populations and…

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Mapping Habitat-Forest Interfaces: A New Tool for Land Managers

In Aix-en-Provence, Cemagref has developed a quasi-automatic method to map habitat–forest interfaces. This tool is of primary interest to land use managers and…

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Extreme Weather Delays Plant Flowering Times by One Month

Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland…

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Cold-Water Corals Thrive in Deep Atlantic Ocean

Furu Mienis studied the development of carbonate mounds dominated by cold-water corals in the Atlantic Ocean at depths of six hundred to a thousand metres….

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Green Innovations: New Uses for Scrap Iron You Need to Know

Take a close look at that cheap piece of scrap iron before you toss it in the trash.Wei-xian Zhang has a good use for it. Someday soon, much of the world might…

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Loggerhead Release: Key Insights for Marine Conservation

Thursday, November 6, 2008, Dr. Kirt Rusenko, Marine Conservationist, and staff from Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton will release two juvenile…

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Tasmanian Devil Conservation: New Project Launches

Dr Austin and colleagues from SA Zoos and the Tasmanian Government will spend the next three years establishing a conservation program and working to suppress…

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