Environmental Conservation

Environmental Conservation

Engineers Purify Sea And Wastewater in Just 2.5 Minutes

The System PQUA, works with a mixture of dissociating elements, capable of separating and removing all contaminants, as well as organic and inorganic…

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Floodwater Harvesting Plant Launch in Iipopo, Namibia

Under the lead of the ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research the project team had been exploring the novel utilization concept of floodwater…

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Dispersant More Toxic to Corals Than Deepwater Horizon Oil

In this collaborative study between researchers from Temple and the Pennsylvania State University, the researchers exposed three cold-water coral species from…

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Boost Coral Reefs: The Key Role of Fish in Restoration

Fish are the key ingredients in a new recipe to diagnose and restore degraded coral reef ecosystems, according to scientists from the Australian Institute of…

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Nitrogen Deposition Threatens Plant Diversity in Switzerland

Nitrogen is an essential plant nutrient that used to be available only in limited amounts. Many ecosystems rich in plant species are adapted to low nitrogen…

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Endangered Tortoises Flourish on Invasive Plant Species

Most research on the role of introduced species of plants and animals stresses their negative ecological impacts. But are all introduced species bad actors?

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Rethinking Residential Development for Sustainable Futures

oday, residential development covers one out of every four acres of the land in the United States, and is predicted to more than double by 2100.

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Greener Industry If Environmental Authorities Change Strategy

‘Since all people suffer from air pollution and global climate change, our research is relevant to everybody. But our findings are particularly important to…

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Coorong Fish Hedge Their Bets for Survival

Published in the journal Biology Letters, University of Adelaide research has shown that within this single species of fish there are some individuals which…

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Impact of Wetland Conversion on Greenhouse Gas Balance

The conversion of arctic and boreal wetlands into agricultural land would result in an additional cumulative radiative forcing of about 0,1 mJ per square meter…

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Researching Tiger DNA: Nova Southeastern University Breakthrough

Tigers – they are some of nature's most beautiful, deadly and endangered species. In fact, living tigers are severely endangered in fragmented geographic areas…

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Global Water Supply Challenges Persist as Decade Ends

Worldwide water demand is increasing fast. The consequences are well known: many groundwater reserves are already overexploited, more and more regions are…

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First-Ever Family Portrait of Amur Tigers with Dad

Shown following the “tiger dad” along the Russian forest is an adult female and three cubs. Scientists note this is a first in terms of photographing this…

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Benzin schlägt Bergbau

Verbleites Benzin war in Südamerika bis zu seinem Verbot eine stärkere Quelle von Emissionen des giftigen Schwermetalls Blei als der Bergbau. Dies, obwohl die…

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Gasoline Emissions: A Surprising Source of Lead Pollution

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America – even though the extraction of metals from the…

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Wild Yaks – Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change

Wild Yaks: Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change

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