Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

University of Reading Launches One Million Species Catalogue

The Catalogue of Life, available on CD and on the Internet (www.catalogueoflife.org), is the result of a worldwide collaboration involving so far about 50…

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Are Solar UV Rays Impacting Fish Health?

The news is reported in the latest edition of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. Aquatic ecosystems produce over…

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ESA’s Medspiration project branches out to support biodiversity

Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island have been integrated into Medspiration until 31 March in order to support the study of wildlife migration processes from the…

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Nuthatches Use Chickadee Alarm Calls to Identify Predators

The University of Washington doctoral student has found the first example of an animal making sophisticated decisions about the danger posed by a predator from…

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The lethal remains of the tin man…

The news is reported in the latest edition of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.Organotin compounds are widely used as…

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CO2 Emissions Threaten Shellfish: Ocean Acidification Impact

This will be caused by the continued release and accumulation of CO2 in the air: one third of it will be absorbed by the ocean water, thereby making it more…

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Crops Struggle Amid Rising Temperatures: A Growing Concern

From 1981-2002, warming reduced the combined production of wheat, corn, and barley—cereal grains that form the foundation of much of the world’s diet—by 40…

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Metal In Feathers: Key Insights on Bird Flu Spread

The news is reported in the latest edition of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.Concerns about the spread of bird flu…

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World’s First Marine Sensors Unveiled by UK Innovators

Professor Hywel Morgan (School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS)) and Dr Matt Mowlem (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)) and colleagues…

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Centre for Environmental Health Engineering Aids UNICEF Relief Efforts

UNICEF is leading the reform process in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector and has been mandated to provide a focal point for co-ordinating activities in…

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A team from CSIC succeeds in the cryopreservation of semen from the Iberian lynx and at fertilizing cat oocytes

This finding, to be presented at the Felid Biology and Conservation Conference, in Oxford (UK), will allow the analysis of fertility of lynxes in the…

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Arsenic in drinking water can lead to miscarriages and sudden infant death

Arsenic has a number of known serious health effects, including increased cancer risk, higher frequency of cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Until now, it…

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First Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide Data From MetOp-A

This marks the start of a long-term European commitment to monitor the recovery of the ozone layer and to support the monitoring and forecasting of air…

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New Snapper Species Found in Brazil’s Abrolhos Reefs

A popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic…

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Expert comment on today's draft climate change bill

Professor Julia Slingo, Acting Director of the Walker Institute at the University of Reading and Climate Director of the National Centre for Atmospheric…

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Disease Sparks Invasion of Non-Native Grasses in California

In particular, a plant pathogen appears to have opened the gate for the successful invasion of non-native grasses into much of California, one of the world's…

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