Taking Sweden and the whole Baltic Sea region as examples, the study shows also that the reported Swedish loads of nitrogen and phosphorous to the Baltic Sea…
These are the preliminary results from an ongoing analysis at Stockholm University (Department of Systems Ecology, Baltic Nest Institute at Stockholm…
The ‘water footprint’, developed by UT Professor Arjen Hoekstra, gives a detailed insight into the water consumption of individuals, companies and countries….
“Usually you can see the ‘super-polluters’ simply just by looking; particularly when they accelerate or climb a hill and a cloud of smoke comes out of the…
Their findings, published this week, are shocking: almost 3,000 sea turtles were found dead along a 27-mile stretch of coast during a five-year period from…
As concerns about the effects of global warming continue to mount, a new study published in the December issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology finds…
Buildings account for 36% of Sweden's energy consumption , and many homes are still heated with electricity. Existing houses therefore have a key role to play…
Climate change is the current crisis the world is experiencing today. It is an international issue that concerns all fields of research and expertise including…
The report is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the world’s wild mammals, and is the result of a five-year effort including data collected by more…
Now, fifty years later, the black and white photographs taken by these scientists are of immense value in trying to understand the impacts of climate change on…
This optimistic scenario is coming closer to reality as new technologies such as biomimetics and Dye Sensitized solar Cells (DSCs) emerge with great promise…
For many years, conventional wisdom held that tropical plant and animal species remained unaffected by global warming. However, an article co-authored by…
The study, which appears in the October 2008 issue of the journal Western North American Naturalist, says that through dam building, beavers create ponds and…
The research is published in today's online issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000…
Using a general model of desertification, researchers from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid…
That’s the latest startling evidence to emerge from research into the likely fate of reefs under climate change and rising sea levels, at the ARC Centre of…