Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Aerodynamic Trailer Cuts Fuel Use and Emissions by 15%

Earlier promising predictions, based on mathematical models and wind tunnel tests by TU Delft, have been confirmed during road tests with an adapted trailer….

Environmental Conservation

Controlling Algal Blooms: Insights from Italian Researchers

Milena Bruno and colleagues in the Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, in Rome, Italy, point out that bodies…

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Ocean Plankton Calcification Rises With Higher CO2 Levels

That is the conclusion of an international team of scientists led by investigators based at the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and the…

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Antarctic Deep Sea Cooling: Impacts on Ocean Circulation

The Antarctic deep sea gets colder, which might stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses. This is the first result of the Polarstern expedition of…

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New Model Predicts Coral Thriving Locations Amid Climate Change

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth have developed a new scientific model that…

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'Extinct' elephant may have been found again — on a different island

The origins of the pygmy elephants, found only on the northeast tip of the island in part of the Heart of Borneo, have long been shrouded in mystery. Their…

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Captive Tigers’ Purebred Ancestry Boosts Conservation Value

Using a new method for assessing the genetic ancestry of tigers, researchers discovered that many apparently “generic” tigers actually represent purebred…

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Fuzzy Logic Enhances Water Quality Analysis for Healthier Futures

A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water…

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Deep-Sea Sharks Equipped with Acoustic Tags for Research

Last month scientists from the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship fitted acoustic tags to 50 gulper sharks, swellsharks and green eye dogfish…

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Bikini Corals Thrive After Atomic Blast: New Study Insights

These are the findings of a remarkable investigation by an international team of scientists from Australia, Germany, Italy, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. …

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Geochemical Insights into CO2 Emissions in Semiarid Climates

These researchers have analysed for the first time the CO2 level in carbonated semiarid systems. The interest of the work lies in the knowledge of the CO2…

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UEA-Cefas Alliance: Strengthening Collaboration for Innovation

The alliance will strengthen existing collaboration between the two institutions and establish exciting new areas of joint research. The pressures of global…

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Temperature Data Reveals 20th Century Climate Change in Spain

The compilation of maximum and minimum temperature series of every month since the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the 21st century has not…

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Underwater Microscope Aids in Preventing Shellfish Poisoning

Through the use of an automated, underwater cell analyzer developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), researchers and coastal managers were…

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Biodiversity vs. Bio-Energy: Balancing Nature and Resources

On the other hand, policies are being developed to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 and beyond. Protecting biological and landscape diversity has resulted…

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Shorebird Numbers Decline: New Study Raises Concerns

But an alarming new study has revealed that both these migrants and Australia's one million resident shorebirds have suffered a massive collapse in numbers…

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