In a special issue of the journal Wetlands, Smithsonian scientists report a promising method of wetland assessment that will help environmental managers…
What began more than 50 years ago as a way to improve fishing bait in California has led a University of Tennessee researcher to a significant finding about…
Launched to highlight the issue at political party conferences, the report says pledges of funds should back these guarantees and be laid out in the…
Dr Jon Blower from the University of Reading and colleagues were awarded `Best Paper' at the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting in Nottingham this week for their…
The Environment and Human Health Programme comprises 37 projects that cover a broad field of environmental concerns linked to human health, including…
In science, it's best to be good, but sometimes it's better to be lucky. Ecologist Owen Sexton, professor emeritus of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington…
The GLA is committed to reducing London’s carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2025[1], but most climate scientists argue that even more rapid reductions will be…
“The jury is still out on whether nanotechnology will prove to be an environmental protector or, in fact, a polluter,” says Aleksandra Kordecka, Chemicals…
The power of partnership is highlighted as new environmental research programmes are unveiled at the BA Festival of Science in York.The power of partnership is…
Ocean “acidification” occurs when chemical compounds such as carbon dioxide, sulfur, or nitrogen mix with seawater, a process which lowers the pH and reduces…
The latest survey of black-throated and red-throated divers by the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has found the two species have increased in the UK…
In fact the best conserved areas harbour over 700 species of coral, 600 species of mollusc and nearly 4000 species of fish. These fish have been well studied…
Now only 95 000 km² of this natural habitat survives, just 8% of its initial extent. It is still a large biodiversity reservoir in Brazil, second only to the…
A dime-sized tropical crab that has invaded coastal waters in the Southeast United States is having both positive and negative effects on oyster reefs, leaving…
Despite being armed with a more powerful and efficient bite and having larger energy needs than the dingo, the thylacine was restricted to eating relatively…
Until now, arguments and debate about the ecological impacts of dog-walking have remained subjective and unresolved because experimental evidence has been…
Feedback
