Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

EARLINET: Advancing Climate Change Analysis with Aerosol Data

– They have prepared a wide database on atmospheric aerosol’s vertical structure and its temporal development, essential to carry out a climatologic study of…

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Exploring Environmental Sustainability in London’s Restaurants

The report — ‘The Environmental Sustainability of the British Restaurant Industry: A London Case Study’ — has revealed that the environmental cost of getting…

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Integrating Restoration and Conservation in Ecosystem Approaches

The SER Briefing Note states that the Ecosystem Approach, as developed by the CBD and others, provides us with a comprehensive framework where ecological…

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Tackling the Nitrogen Cascade: New Insights from Science

Two new papers by leading environmental scientists bring the problem to the forefront in the May 16 issue of the journal Science. The researchers discuss how…

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First Steps Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 15% in Eugene

That remarkable reduction, said Sarah Mazze, the program's director, represents a 15-percent reduction from the carbon footprint of a typical Eugene resident….

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Évolution of greenhouse gases over the last 800,000 years

For the first time, they have reconstituted tthe evolution, over 800,000 years, of levels of carbon dioxide and methane, the two main greenhouse gases after…

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White-handed gibbons extinct in China

A scientific team, consisting of members of the Gibbon Conservation Alliance based at Zurich University and the Kunming Institute of Zoology, as well as staff…

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Blacks Mountain Research Team Reveals Groundbreaking Findings

The Blacks Mountain Interdisciplinary Research team includes U.S. Forest Service, Humboldt State University, Oregon State University, U.C. Riverside,…

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New Insights on Ocean Nitrogen’s Impact on Climate Change

This has significant implications for global climate change because the nitrogen causes increased marine biological activity and CO2 uptake, which in turn…

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Invasive Plants: Surprising Benefits for Native Species

The research contradicts the hypothesis of the “floral market” whereby only the invasive flowers are seen to benefit and the native flowers are no longer…

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Fecal Microorganisms Found in Florida’s Sandy Beaches

Traditionally, the cleanliness of a beach is monitored by sampling the bathing water a few meters from shore. But since sand is an effective filter, it follows…

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Climate Change Sparks Green, Flowering Mountain Landscapes

Over the last century, the temperature has risen by more than one degree. The cooling trend over several thousand years is broken, and this has triggered…

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Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland for Climate Health

They play an important role in climate regulation. Peatland reclamation for agriculture disrupts this role. UNIMAS is currently working on a sustainable…

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Morbillivirus Impacting Dolphins Along French Coast

Marine mammal beachings along the French coast have been recorded by scientists since 1972. According to Nicolas Keck, a veterinary surgeon with the Hérault…

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Something Old, Something New: Scientists Trace Soils’ Contribution to Climate Change

Project leader Professor Pete Millard of Aberdeen’s Macaulay Institute explains: “Globally, soils contain over 300 times the amount of carbon released each…

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Lombraña: “Our work involves the oxidation of contaminants as if we were burning them in the water itself”

Industrial activity is one of the principal causes of contamination in water, given that industry dumps large amounts of chemical compounds into rivers that…

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