Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Film Boosts Public Engagement in Planning and Landscape Change

Professor David Miller of the Macaulay Institute explains: “The Macaulay Institute has produced the “Putting People in the Planning Picture” film to explain…

Environmental Conservation

Great Sharks Impact North Carolina Bay Scallop Fishery

A team of Canadian and American ecologists, led by world-renowned fisheries biologist Ransom Myers of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has found…

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MIT's ocean model precisely mimics microbes' life cycles

Scientists at MIT have created an ocean model so realistic that the virtual forests of diverse microscopic plants they “sowed” have grown in population…

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New Climate Study Predicts Vanishing Climate Zones Worldwide

A new climate modeling study forecasts the complete disappearance of several existing climates in tropical highlands and regions near the poles, while large…

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Cat Converters: Insights from Experts at University of Rome

Claudio Botrè of the University of Rome and Alessandro Alimonti of the Italian National Institute of Health in Rome and their colleagues explain that the…

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Excess Water and Fertilizer Harm Plant Diversity in Ecosystems

Too much of multiple good things – water or nutrients, for example – may decrease the diversity of plant life in an ecosystem while increasing the productivity…

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Migratory Birds: Key Players in Bird Flu Spread

Ecologists of the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat and of the GEMI-CNRS in the Camargue (France), Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Camille Lebarbenchon and…

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Marbles Tower: Exploring Oil and Water Behavior in Soil

Scientists want to know how oil and water behave in the ground. The formula that describes this behaviour comes from the laboratory and assumes that oil and…

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Microfossils Reveal Tropical Africa’s Climate History

They did this in cooperation with a German colleague from the University of Bremen. The scientists developed an entirely new method to reconstruct the history…

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DNA Traces Source of Escaped Farmed Salmon in Norway

In September last year, IMR was asked to assist the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries in finding the source of an unusual amount of escaped salmon which were…

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Migratory Birds and H5N1: Unraveling the Truth Behind Virus Spread

Ecologists of the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat and of the GEMI-CNRS in the Camargue (France), Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Camille Lebarbenchon and…

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LSU Experts Collaborate on Delta Preservation Insights

Researchers at LSU, led by John Day, estuary expert and professor of oceanography at the university, have joined forces with more than 10 other world-renowned…

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Microalgae System to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Almeria

On the pilot plant developed at the experimental station of Las Palmerillas, which depends on Spanish bank Cajamar, Almeria-based researchers try to prove the…

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Mercury from Groundwater: New Insights into Ocean Pollution

Mercury is toxic to animals and humans in large concentrations, particularly in the form known as methyl mercury, which accumulates in fish. To date, WHOI…

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Addressing Water Scarcity: Urgent Actions for Agriculture

Only if we act to improve water use in agriculture now will we meet the acute water-environment-poverty challenges facing humankind over the next 50 years….

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International Astronautical Federation Joins Heritage Protection Effort

The Open Initiative, agreed upon by ESA and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 2001, involves satellites monitoring…

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