Whether you live in a cardboard box or a luxurious mansion, whether you subsist on homegrown vegetables or wolf down imported steaks, whether you're a…
“Increasing evidence now shows that storms are becoming more intense due to climate change,” said lead author and Earthwatch scientist Professor James Crabbe…
Over the past 60 years, Britain has established 20 nuclear sites and facilities, as part of its civil nuclear programme. These are now managed by the Nuclear…
The end of April usually brings the first signs of harmful algae in New England waters, and this year, researchers participating in the Gulf of Maine Toxicity…
The land and the oceans contain significantly more carbon than the atmosphere, and exchange carbon dioxide with the atmosphere. The amount of CO2 emissions…
The April Special Issue of Ecological Applications examines such potential effects, puts them in historical context, and describes possible conservation…
Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to…
In the first experiment involving a natural environment, scientists at Brown University have shown that richer plant diversity significantly enhances an…
A much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact on Earth's protective ozone…
The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient method of converting waste carbon…
The RRSP brings together five of the region's leading research institutions to help find ways to solve its most pressing rural problems.It comprises Farnham,…
Sharks in captivity avoid metals that react with seawater to produce an electric field, a behavior that may help fishery biologists develop a strategy to…
The human dissemination of alien species is regarded as one of the greatest threats to maintaining biodiversity. The round goby was probably brought to the…
Ozone, a key component of smog, can cause respiratory problems and other health effects. In addition, evidence of a relationship between short-term — less…
The 1930s semi is an icon of its age but 80 years on it is about to undergo a green revolution. Experts at The University of Nottingham together with the…
The old adage, “We are what we eat,’’ may be the latest recipe for success when it comes to curbing the perils of global climate warming. Despite the recent…
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