Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Land's greenness affects monsoon rains' strength

Scientists investigating the East Asian Summer Monsoon have found that the abundance of vegetation during winter and spring months is an important indicator of…

Environmental Conservation

World's Rarest Big Cat Gets a Check-Up

The capture was made in Primorsky Krai along the Russian-Chinese border by a team of scientists from WCS and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of…

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"Living Fossil" Tree Contains Genetic Imprints of Rain Forests Under Climate Change

The research appears in the November issue of the journal Evolution.Symphonia globulifera is a widespread tropical tree with a history that goes back some 45…

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Dried Mushrooms Combat Climate Warming in Northern Forests

When soil in these forests is warmed, fungi that feed on dead plant material dry out and produce significantly less climate-warming carbon dioxide than fungi…

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Human Impact on Polar Warming: New Evidence Revealed

The findings by a team of scientists led by UEA’s Climatic Research Unit will be published online by the Nature Geoscience this week.Previous studies have…

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New Ecotoxicology Centre Launches for Environmental Research

The institution, jointly established by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne…

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Study Confirms Amphibians’ Ability to Predict Changes in Biodiversity

Now two University of California biologists have verified the predictive power of this sensitive group of animals in a global study of species turnover among…

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Long-Term Strategy Required to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A group of scientists have, for the first time, combined the outcomes of proposals by the G8 countries and the UK Government’s Stern Review with the latest…

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Clean Polluted Water Cost-Effectively: New Innovations Unveiled

Wastewater from ships, oil refineries and other petrochemical industries is heavily contaminated with toxic compounds. Stringent EU regulations apply to its…

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Genetics Reveal How Migratory Birds Spread Avian Influenza

As part of a multi-pronged research effort to understand the role of migratory birds in the transfer of avian influenza viruses between Asia and North America,…

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How Roads Impact Forest Elephants’ Safety and Survival

The authors of the study believe that these highly intelligent animals now associate roads with danger – in this case poaching, which is rampant in Central…

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New Sensor Technology Detects Greenhouse Gases and More

The sensor will also be able to detect explosives vapours and chemical agents such as nerve gases, when integrated in homeland security sensor systems….

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Coral Bleaching Disrupts Fish Communities’ Structure

This process is the cause of coral bleaching and is well known to scientists, but few large-scale studies have dealt with its effects on the structure of…

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Pacific Salmon Survival Rates: Fraser vs. Columbia Insights

This is the first study of its kind and is carried out by an international team of scientists that includes researchers from the University of British…

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Wildflower declines in Thoreau's Concord woods are due to climate changes

Rapid changes in temperature which have led to changes in the timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering, make some closely related groups of species –…

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New Study Reveals Greenhouse Gas Levels Are Four Times Higher

A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps…

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