Locks are used on sections of a canal or river that may be closed off by gates to control the water level to enable the raising and lowering of boats passing…
David Hand, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech, has devised a simple way to treat ballast water in vessels ranging from…
Sarawak's Dolphins are finally getting the attention they needed for their survival. The good news came on 15 May 2008, when the Sarawak Dolphin Project was…
The researchers have tested the new EVIAVE method in landfills from Chile, Colombia, Spain and Venezuela.From this method, they have designed a software…
The researchers succeeded for the first time in gathering more accurate data on the otter population in the heath and pond region of the Oberlausitz Biosphere…
Writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Roelof Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, suggests solidifying waste…
In a blunt assessment, to be presented Weds. June 4 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU’s Canadian-based International Network on Water, Environment and Health…
Two public health researchers have created a model that takes into account weather and other factors that affect the number of people who will fall ill during…
A new survey, conducted by the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute, reveals the over 50s believe they are already being affected by climate…
The results of the latest puffin survey carried out by scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will be released on Wednesday 4th June 2008. The Isle…
In recognition of the importance of biological diversity in sustaining the Earth's population of six billion, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)…
Europe requires a common management strategy for cormorants in order to reconcile nature conservation and fishing interests. An effective regulation of…
People, however, have also established themselves as another major driver of connectivity among ecosystems. In the June 2008 Special Issue of Frontiers in…
New research published in two BioMed Central journals shows that copper contamination has a detrimental effect by interfering with the energy metabolism of the…
In a decision that could jeopardize already imperiled sturgeons, more caviar will be exported from Caspian Sea and Amur River states this year as a result of…
“Mainstreaming climate change into international development thinking is not going to urgently help poor people in poor countries” says Professor Brown….
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