Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

New Insights on Ozone Depletion from Antarctic Study

The team of atmospheric chemists carried out an 18-month study of the make-up of the lowest part of the earth's atmosphere on the Brunt Ice Shelf, about 20 km…

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First Photos of Camera-Shy Deer in Laos’ Annamite Mountains

The photographs were taken using “camera traps” set in Laos’ Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area (NNT NPA), in the Annamite Mountains. This densely…

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Study finds contaminated water reaching Florida’s offshore keys

“The widespread use of in-ground waste disposal through septic tanks and injection wells appears to be leading to the contamination of submarine groundwater…

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Renewable Energy: Analyzing Environmental Impact and Output

Ausubel has analysed the amount of energy that each so-called renewable source can produce in terms of Watts of power output per square metre of land…

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University Partners With EDF for £2M Research Funding

Under the initial four-year agreement, the University could receive as much as £2m funding from EDF for a variety of scientific and technological research…

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Killing only a few animals won't do any harm — or will it?

Sometimes though, killing even a few individuals can have dramatic consequences, causing populations to fluctuate wildly. “The important question is: who gets…

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Eggs laid in the UK by the world’s largest flying bird mark huge conservation success

Dr Tamas Szekely from the University of Bath says that the announcement from the Great Bustard Group comes a year earlier than predicted, and shows that the…

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Removing predators could offset seabird ‘bycatch’ losses

Reducing the impact of fisheries on bycatchAccording to one of the authors of a paper on the findings in the August edition of Frontiers in Ecology and…

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Bumblebee Nest Survey Reveals Garden Preferences

During the National Bumblebee Nest Survey, more than 700 volunteers surveyed their own gardens plus one of six different countryside habitats for bumblebee…

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Artificial Reproduction Success for European Sea Sturgeon

In Bordeaux, researchers were rushing to build up stocks of parent fish and set up artificial reproduction methods in an attempt to produce sturgeon fry. This…

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Butterfly Expert Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

Virginia based Professor Brower, who has spent over 50 years studying the monarch, has been honoured jointly by the Marsh Christian Trust and the Royal…

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Enhancing Arable Biodiversity for Farm Birds: Key Techniques

Their report, Enhancing Arable Biodiversity, published today after a five-year study, identifies six techniques, to encourage arable wildlife, that would help…

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NJIT Researchers Create Simple, Affordable Solar Panel Process

“The process is simple,” said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental…

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Species Detectives Uncover Hidden Evolutionary Changes

Research published in the online open access journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, suggests that the phenomenon of different animal species not being visually…

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Empowering Rural Communities Through Local Energy Projects

Community energy projects generate energy renewably, at a local level. They involve anything from a community-owned wind turbine to a solar panel on a village…

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Funding Conservation: By-Catch Levies for Species Protection

That money, the researchers suggest in the August issue of Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, could be used to address other causes of species decline, such…

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