Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Software tool helps protect Nation's drinking water: Now available in all 50 states

A new software tool that can be used by incident commanders, water utility managers, and others to protect community drinking water sources from contamination…

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Oysters Struggle as Ocean Temperatures and Pollution Rise

The study showed how cadmium, a heavy metal, reduces the oyster's tolerance of warmer water temperatures and makes it more vulnerable during the summer when…

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Scientists of the UGR develop a new method to purify water based on the simultaneous use of ozone and activated coal

It is a system based on the simultaneous use of ozone and activated coal, highly effective and specialized on the treatment of water for human consumption and,…

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New Bird Species Found on Unexplored Colombian Mountain

A new bird to science was recently discovered on an unexplored mountain range in northern Colombia by a team supported by the BP Conservation Programme. It was…

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SEK 700 Million Boost for Four Research Environments

They are to pursue outstanding basic research and have an expressed ambition to develop their collaboration with the business community and the public sector…

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UGR Develops Device to Prevent Industrial Oxygen Shortages

However, certain works are carried out in conditions where levels can be lower with fatal consequences for persons. There fore it is, according to the…

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Innovative Eco-Friendly Detergent: Effective and Non-Toxic Solution

In parallel with this increase, concern is growing too, as far as these products must be ecological, non-toxic, cheap and, in addition, effective. A research…

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Plastic Bottles Transform Gaseous Effluent Decontamination

In this sense, a research group of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Granada works on a project subsidized by the Spanish Ministry of…

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Impact of Rising Temperatures on Southern Appalachian Trout Habitats

In an article published October 2 in the online version of the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Patricia Flebbe, research biologist at the FS…

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Ice Age Climate Change Linked to Ocean Salinity Changes

Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in…

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Fossils pinpoint tropics as Earth's most fruitful biodiversity spawning ground

A team of scientists has completed a study that explains why the tropics are so much richer in biodiversity than higher latitudes. And they say that their work…

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Nematodes Under Stress: Insights from Dutch Research

This is the conclusion of Dutch researcher Olga Alda Alvarez following her research into the stress response of nematodes, tiny worms that occur in large…

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UCD Researchers Develop New Methods to Cut Greenhouse Emissions

However, the EPA reported that emissions in 2004 were 23% above the 1990 levels, indicating that Ireland is a long way from meeting the target. The most…

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NASA satellite data helps assess the health of Florida's coral reef

The project was the first comprehensive assessment of the resiliency of reefs along the entire National Marine Sanctuary that stretches about 300 miles from…

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Shark Fin Trade: Up to 73 Million Sharks Harvested Annually

“The shark fin trade is notoriously secretive. But we were able tap into fin auction records and convert from fin sizes and weights to whole shark equivalents…

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New Report Questions Ecological Hypothesis on Species Abundance

“When we reviewed data from published studies that looked at species abundance at multiple sites across a range, we found almost no evidence that supported the…

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