More than 6 000 representatives of national governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations are present at the second meeting of…
“The rise in global concentrations of CO2 and nitrous oxide (N2O) over the past few decades will continue to stoke global warming, which has a pronounced…
It applies Artificial Intelligence techniques, also used by the Pentagon of the USA, to the fight against fires in Andalusia. According to Luis Castillo, one…
In a study published in the November 3 issue of the journal, Science, an international group of ecologists and economists show that the loss of biodiversity is…
Ecologists have long recognized microbes as decomposers and pathogens in ecological communities. But their role as classic consumers who produce chemicals to…
Many researchers have hypothesized that climatic factors somehow cause species to originate more quickly in tropical regions. In a paper appearing in the…
Sangwon Suh, an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota's bioproducts and biosystems engineering department, uses a “life-cycle assessment” approach…
“Species have been disappearing from ocean ecosystems and this trend has recently been accelerating,” said lead author Boris Worm. “Now we begin to see some of…
Contrary to conservationists’ previous assumptions, the map shows conclusively that geographical areas with a high concentration of endangered species from one…
The Research Council of Norway has now distributed NOK 288 million (approximately € 35 million) for the polar research period 2007-2010 (subject to the…
But Professor Gregg Butler of the University of Manchester argues that the methods currently in place fail to measure value for money in any meaningful sense….
The Cayman Islands, a UK Overseas Territory, once supported one of the world’s largest sea turtle rookeries, which comprised some 6.5 million adult green and…
The Stoneguard C60 research house has been designed by University experts from the School of the Built Environment, to help guide the architects and builders…
Almost three-quarters of the respondents felt the government should do more to deal with global warming, and individuals were willing to spend their own money…
But like something out of a scary Halloween tale, new University of Washington research suggests insects' ability to adapt to warmer temperatures carries an…
The Nature Conservancy, WWF, and Stanford University today announced the launch of an innovative partnership that aims to change the way governments and policy…
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