Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Antarctic Ecosystem: Surviving Ice Ages Through Change

Although the area is covered in ice and bears witness to some of the most extreme cold on the planet, this ecosystem is dynamic, not static, and change here…

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New Tool Resolves Fisheries Conflicts Using Digital Maps

One possible solution, advanced by NSERC grantee Dr. Suzana Dragicevic of Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia involves digital maps and…

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Tracking Sulfur and Nitrogen in Snow: Insights on Acidification

In forests of the northeastern United States, sulfate and nitrate are the dominant dissolved forms of sulfur and nitrogen in precipitation. In winter, these…

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Oregon Researchers Investigate Low Oxygen Zones Off Coast

A team of scientists studying the California Current – a slow-moving mass of cold water that travels south along the coast from British Columbia to Baja…

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Valuing ocean services in the Gulf of Maine — New approaches for conflict resolution

Fogarty, a NOAA biologist, says interactions among species, the effects of climate change, and the effects of human impacts such as harvesting are among the…

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Dungeness Crab and Eelgrass: Enhancing Marine Resource Management

Guerry will discuss the use of ecosystem services, the benefits that people obtain from ecosystems, in managing marine resources in her AAAS presentation…

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Impact of Sex-Changing Chemicals on Fish in Wastewater

After an exhaustive seven-year research effort, Canadian biologists found that miniscule amounts of estrogen present in municipal wastewater discharges can…

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Is that sea otter stealing your lunch — or making it?

Despite of this potential conflict, Kai Chan, an NSERC-funded researcher at the University of British Columbia, believes there is a way to ensure Canadian…

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Linking Resilience Science to Marine Conservation Efforts

Resilience science is the study of how ecosystems resist and respond to disturbances, both natu-ral and man-made. This increasingly influential area of…

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Shark Superhighways and Hotspots: New Research Uncovered

The world’s sharks are disappearing. These fearsome yet charismatic fish continue to fall victim to overfishing and many are now at risk of extinction as a…

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North Atlantic’s Response to Ocean Changes: What to Expect

“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that it is very unlikely that the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) will…

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Innovative Science Guides Ecosystem Restoration in Puget Sound

“The orca’s main source of food is Chinook salmon. And the whales are suffering from malnutrition,” said NOAA Fisheries Scientist Mary Ruckelshaus. “But by…

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'Genetic corridors' are next step to saving tigers

Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, director of Science and Exploration Programs at the Wildlife Conservation Society, said that genetic corridors, where tigers can travel…

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New Model Predicts Perfect Predator Insights for Ecology

University of Illinois ecologist Adam Davis has created a computer model that in combination with quarantined research tests he believes will be able to…

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Heavy Rainfall Trends: Spring and Autumn Increases Noted

Similar increases in heavy rainfall have now also become evident in spring and, to a lesser extent, autumn.A previously reported reduction in heavy summer…

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How Fair Is Your Love? The Hidden Cost of Floral Gifts

But he warned that flowers bought for Valentine Day and Mother's Day could, quite literally, be costing the earth.Ecologist Dr David Harper said ten thousand…

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