The symbiosis between special algal species and reef corals is the foundation of a highly productive and biologically complex ecosystem, but our understanding…
He has written to Graham Wynne, Chief Executive of the RSPB, to say that the government will press the rest of Europe to make permanent the current but…
An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world’s…
In a new paper appearing in the journal Bioscience, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) examines the current hodgepodge of population target…
Unlike the National Weather Service, which forecasts weather up to a week in advance and sometimes two weeks in advance, a national climate service ideally…
TIGER has since involved more than 150 African organisations investigating the various stages of the water cycle across the African continent. More than 80…
A team from the Centre for Atmospheric Studies at the University of Manchester took measurements in 2005 and 2006 along some of the city’s busiest routes. The…
Traffic-related emissions result from either the combustion process in vehicle engines or from the tyre contact with the pavement. The latter produces street…
The report “Technologies for Measuring Particulates” published by Tekes, highlights the most recent knowledge of measuring fine particulates.Demands for lower…
SENSe which is part of the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) aims to further understanding of biological and other natural systems…
The Energy Technologies Research Institute will feature a multidisciplinary team of more than 100 engineers and physical and social scientists working on…
University academics rubbed shoulders with senior officials from the Civil Aviation Authority, Airbus and Rolls-Royce and other partner organisations at a…
North Korea’s official fatality figures as a result of the typhoon is 549 people, with a further 295 people reported as missing. However, analysis by Durham…
The earth experienced its biggest mass extinction about 250 million years ago, an event that wiped out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land…
“Wildlife within protected areas is under increasing threat from the bushmeat and illegal trophy trades, and many argue that enforcement within protected areas…
Prof. Archer will show how aspects of the Earth system, such as the melting of the great ice sheets, the thawing of permafrost, and the release of methane from…