Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

New Sedge Species Discovered in UK Sparks Further Exploration

Botanists at Edge Hill University, the UK’s newest University, have discovered a population Carex salina (Salt-marsh sedge), near Morvich on the west coast of…

Environmental Conservation

Hope for Cambodian Vultures: Nest Discovery Sparks Conservation

Working in the remote forests of Cambodia, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have just discovered Southeast Asia's only known…

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Asia-Europe Team Tackles Water Management in Indonesia

University of Leicester environmentalists are leading an international team in a research project that can help Indonesian researchers to reverse strategies…

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'Good vibrations' from deep-sea smokers may keep fish out of hot water

Right now some tubeworm tartare and clams on the half shell would really hit the spot, so you're headed for the all-night café. “All-night” being the operative…

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Human's ecological footprint in 2015 and Amazonia revealed

Modeling global average productivity to compare environmental tradeoffs and human-induced stressors in the environment Thomas Dietz (Michigan State…

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Cleaner Fuel Innovations: MoS2 Nanoparticles Explained

It is well known that material properties change when reducing particle sizes. However, for MoS2 nanoparticles the size-dependent deviations from the bulk…

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Future of U.S. Climate Change Policy: Insights from Experts

Stacy VanDeveer, associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire, evaluates current U.S. climate change policy and assesses future…

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Sea Level Rise: Insights from Real and Virtual Worlds

An international team of climate scientists has cautioned against suggestions that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has previously…

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New Evidence Links Human Activity to Global Warming Effects

“We are now seeing, not merely predicting, effects of greenhouse warming on a scale and in ways that were not observable before,” said Gabriele Hegerl,…

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Tibetan Antelope Population Shows Signs of Recovery

Returning from a recent 1,000-mile expedition across Tibet's remote Chang Tang region, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist George Schaller reports…

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Princess Royal Unveils New Research Ship RRS James Cook

The RRS James Cook is the latest addition to the Natural Environment Research Council’s fleet of oceanographic research ships.Professor Alan Thorpe, NERC’s…

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Uncovering Microorganisms: The Hidden Life Around Us

Microorganisms make up more than a third of the Earth’s biomass. They are found in water, on land and even in our bodies, recycling nutrients, influencing the…

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Satellite Data Powers UN Climate Change Insights

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) developed the report, ‘Climate Change 2007’, over six years with a panel of 2 500 scientific expert…

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Firewood Sparks Spread of Emerald Ash Borer Pests

Appleby said that even though the pest has been in the news since it was first identified in ash trees near Detroit in 2002, there are still people who are…

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First endangered fish species recovers — and in New York City's Hudson River

Doug Peterson, a former Cornell postdoctoral researcher now at the University of Georgia who worked with Cornell's Mark Bain on the study, holds a shortnose…

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Traveling in the right direction — lessening our impact on the environment

Researchers funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council and based at Oxford University found that the climate change impact of individuals'…

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