Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Hope for European Sea Sturgeon: Innovation in Conservation Efforts

The Minister then visited the experimental station operated by the Cemagref (Research Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Engineering) at…

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Saltwater Crocodiles Navigate Home Across Northern Australia

Professor Craig Franklin, from the University's School of Integrative Biology, said one relocated crocodile swam around the northern tip of Australia to reach…

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Asia-Pacific Nations Urged to Assess Biofuels Carefully

The nations of Asia and the Pacific are being urged to study the issue of biofuels with greater care before deciding on how they will use their agricultural…

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Crabs’ Takeaway Strategy in Wadden Sea Revealed by Research

With this takeaway strategy the crabs maximise their food uptake and keep competing crabs at a distance, says Dutch researcher Isabel Smallegange. Food is not…

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Biofuels and Laughing Gas: A Surprising Climate Impact

He and his colleagues have calculated that growing some of the most commonly used biofuel crops releases around twice the amount of the potent greenhouse gas…

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Greece’s Forest Fires: Space Technology Aids Recovery Efforts

More than 60 people were killed and thousands left homeless in the worst forest fires to hit Greece in decades. According to data from ESA’s ERS-2 and Envisat…

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Tardigrades Thrive in Space: Sweden’s Bold Experiment

And the few groups of animals that have the potential to get through a space journey alive will constitute a key source of knowledge when the time comes to…

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Recycling Wind Turbines: Assessing Environmental Impact

Danish researchers now suggest that in order to assess the overall environmental impact of wind power, however, the finite lifespan of wind turbines and the…

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Canada's pristine freshwater fisheries at risk

If you want to catch a trophy northern pike, walleye or brook trout in the northern Canadian wilderness, better plan your trip soon. That’s because according…

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NASA celebrates a decade observing climate impacts on health of world's oceans

A decade later, the satellite's data has proved instrumental in countless applications and helped researchers paint a picture of a changing climate. NASA…

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Cost-Effective Site Selection Model for Biodiversity Conservation

These strategies are often based on a single objective (e.g. species richness conservation or species abundance conservation), a constant site protection cost…

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New Membrane Efficiently Captures CO2 from Waste Gases

However, before CO2 can be stored, it must be separated from the waste gases. The current methods used for this type of filtration are expensive and require…

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Unlocking Value: The Rise of Landfill Mining Innovations

These days, we in the developing world are encouraged to compost our garden and kitchen waste at home or dispose of it in our “green” bin for kerbside…

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Scientists in first global study of ‘poison’ gas in the atmosphere

Phosgene was still stockpiled in military arsenals well after the Second World War, but its continued presence in the atmosphere today is due to man-made…

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Mercury Levels in Fish: Quick Response to Increased Deposition

“Up to now a direct link has been difficult to establish because of all the other factors that affect mercury levels in fish and large pools of mercury already…

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Understanding Why Conservation Efforts Often Fail

In this week's special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (online), Indiana University political scientist Elinor Ostrom and…

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