Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Boosting Fisheries Insights Through Enhanced Data Collection

“Many fisheries scientists spend a lot of time and effort doing complicated analyses using complex models of their data,” said Adkison. “This effort might be…

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Climate Change Threatens Marine Turtles’ Future Survival

An increase in temperatures of just one degree Celsius could completely eliminate the birth of male turtles from some beaches. A rise of three degrees Celsius…

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Pollution Control Tech Wins Royal Society Award for Innovation

The technology traps carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants so they can be removed and, where possible, recycled back into the production process. Although…

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New Global Network Aims to Track Arctic Changes Systematically

“This is basically a plan to better understand how the Arctic is changing, but doing it in a new systematic, international and ‘pan-Arctic' way,” explained…

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SF Bay Area's poor face disproportionate burden of exposure to environmental hazards

From African American residents of West Oakland's diesel-choked neighborhoods to Latinos in San Francisco's traffic-snarled Mission District, poor and minority…

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The last wild hunt — Deep-sea fisheries scrape bottom of the sea

At a 9 am press conference at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (AAAS) on February 18th, an international team of leading…

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UI researcher cites need for a 'small view' of the environment

That is the message University of Iowa researcher Vicki H. Grassian delivered to colleagues Sunday, Feb. 18, at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American…

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'Ten Commandments' could improve fisheries management

To address that, Mark Hixon, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University, today modified a very old set of rules and issued “Ten Commandments” for…

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Deep-Sea Fish at Risk: Overfishing and Tech Threats

Some of the fish species living at depths greater than 500 meters take decades to reach breeding maturity, so there are no quick-fix remedies available to…

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New DNA Barcoding Uncovers Overlooked Species in Biodiversity

At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly biodiverse and continent-sized landscapes, scientists have successfully tested their ability to identify…

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UK Over 50s: Leading in Carbon Footprint Yet Craving Change

Over 50s have the highest carbon footprint, yet are most concerned over climate change and are calling for stronger leadership from the Government to combat…

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Antarctic Warming: Penguin Populations Shift Southward

A warming trend during the last few decades in the Antarctic Peninsula has already forced penguin populations to migrate south and perhaps diminished the…

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Air Contaminants Databases Enhance Healthy Homes Planning

To help estimate the seriousness of these and other indoor pollutant sources as well as to devise ways to reduce possible health impacts, the National…

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West Coast Marine Ecosystems Shift Due to New Wind Patterns

These changes, driven by new wind patterns, are consistent with predictive models of global climate change, scientists said this week at the annual meeting of…

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Freshwater Forecasts Transform Drought Management in the West

Forecasting models that incorporate high-powered computers and satellite data may soon modernize the way Western states manage freshwater supplies. Several…

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Robotic cameras join search for 'Holy Grail of bird-watching'

Developed by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Texas A&M University, the high-resolution intelligent robotic video system installed…

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