Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Global Map Shows Total Human Impact on Oceans

The work, published in the Feb. 15 issue of Science and presented at a press conference Thursday February 14 at 1 pm EST at the American Association for the…

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Experimental Proof of Chaos in Food Webs Unveiled

Using a long-term laboratory experiment, the study demonstrates that, even under constant conditions, all species in a food web continued to fluctuate in a…

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Carbon Capture Strategy Paves Way for Emission-Free Cars

Technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions from large-scale sources such as power plants have recently gained some impressive scientific ground, but…

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First-Ever Mating Photos of Wild Gorillas Unveiled

Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas…

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Biodiversity Assessment in Oil Palm Research: A Critical Need

This is because oil palm is grown in lowland tropical regions and so impacts on the most biodiverse terrestrial habitats: tropical rainforests. Analysis of the…

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Newcastle and Kyoto Unite to Innovate Disaster Management

In a major partnership agreement, the cities of Newcastle upon Tyne in England and Kyoto in Japan are working together to find ways in which anyone caught up…

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Energy-Free Air Conditioning: The Solar Chimney Concept

Writing in the inaugural issue of Inderscience's International Journal of Sustainable Design, the team explains the concept of a combined solar chimney and…

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Fishermen and UCSB Team Up to Enhance Spiny Lobster Management

An innovative collaboration has developed between local trap fishermen and scientists at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the…

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Ancient Leaves Reveal Climate Change Impact on Insects

The PETM occurred 55.8 million years ago and was an abrupt global warming event linked to a temporary increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This event…

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Urban ecology: taking measure of the coming megacity's impact

If you are reading this, chances are that you live in a city – one, perhaps, on its way to becoming a megacity with a population that exceeds 10 million or…

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Madagascar's tortoises are crawling toward extinction

The groups, which met for four days in Madagascar’s capital city Antananarivo, said there is still hope to save these ancient animals, but time is running out…

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Backpacking Lemurs Unveil Secrets of Gliding Behavior

The development of a custom-designed three dimensional acceleration sensing 'backpack' has enabled scientists to examine the gliding and landing behaviour of a…

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Wind Patterns Masking Ocean Warming Effects: New Insights

Scientists have previously found that surface temperatures around the globe have risen over the last 30 years in accord with global warming. New data, however,…

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Exploring Innovations in Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

The £1.1m Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS) will explore cutting edge technology that ‘captures’ polluting carbon dioxide and stores…

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Nanosieves Enhance Energy Efficiency in Biofuel Production

This ‘molecular sieve’ is capable of removing water out of e.g. solvents and biofuels. It is a very energy efficient alternative to existing techniques like…

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World Climate Conference-3 Aims to Enhance Climate Predictions

This was the call from more than 20 organizations, including many United Nations agencies, who today ended a three-day meeting in Geneva held to prepare for…

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