Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Satellite Survey Links Tropical Park Fires to Poverty Issues

The survey is published in the July issue of Ecological Applications, reported by lead author S. Joseph Wright, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical…

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NASA Readies Mars Lander for August Launch to Icy Site

Instead of roving to hills or craters, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will claw down into the icy soil of the Red Planet's northern plains. The robot will…

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Monitoring Fossil Hunting Damage at Jurassic Coast Project

Many visitors clamber along with hammers in hand determined to chip their souvenirs out of the cliff face but they potentially do untold damage to the World…

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Former White House Adviser Joins UK University as Professor

He was appointed by UEA in the spring and takes up his post on August 1. As well as being Professor of Environmental Sciences in the 5** School of…

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Greenland's ancient forests shed light on stability of ice sheet

Researchers analysed ice cores from a number of locations in Greenland, including Dye 3 in the south of the country. From the base of the 2km deep Dye 3 core,…

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Exploring Life in Extreme Environments: Key Insights Unveiled

Investigating life processes in extreme environments not only can provide hints on how life first appeared and survived on Earth (as early earth was an extreme…

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"Sundried tide" — silent, natural disaster

Their analyses have revealed for the first time that these are highly predictable events that can seriously impact the state of coral reefs at a time when they…

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Crowded Waters: How More Swimmers Raise Pathogen Levels

The levels of potentially harmful waterborne microorganisms in rivers, lakes and other recreational waterways may be highest when the water is most crowded…

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Endangered Grey-Shanked Doucs Discovered in Vietnam

A team of scientists from WWF and Conservation International (CI) has discovered the world’s largest known population of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix…

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Arctic Ponds Vanish: Climate Change’s Impact Uncovered

Marianne Douglas, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science and Director of the Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta, and John Smol,…

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Exploring Ocean Surface Dynamics: A Hidden World in Motion

They are difficult to sample and study owing to the mixing the oceanographic vessel provokes between this superficial layer and the deeper strata of water….

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'Megafishes' project featured in Science magazine

University of Nevada, Reno researchers Zeb Hogan and Sudeep Chandra know “Megafishes” mega-well. Hogan, an assistant research professor, and Chandra, an…

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Bats and Rabies: Insights from Twelve Years of Research

The study is the result of twelve years of monitoring the dynamics of rabies virus infection (European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 – EBL1) in two wild bat (Myotis…

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Global Policy Overhaul Needed to Combat Desertification Risks

In the analysis for presentation June 28 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU experts say the loss of soil productivity and the degradation of life-support…

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Green Junta: Emerging Trends in Sustainability and Governance

Writing in the International Journal of the Environment and Sustainable Development, published today by Inderscience, Wells warns of a Green Junta that could…

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Gasclam Innovation Enhances Brownfield Building Solutions

The Gasclam is being developed by Salamander Ltd, which was founded by lecturer Dr Stephen Boult and spun-out of The University of Manchester in 1996.Now the…

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