A team of UW-Madison researchers is hoping to help change that narrative and add a little ecology to economic decision making by forecasting how future…
Since May 2012, ten Fraunhofer Institutes and numerous industrial, commercial and municipal partners have been working together to develop concepts for clean,…
An ambitious new study that includes Lisa Levin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego describes the full chain of events by which ocean…
Their analysis appears in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.The Illinois Department of Natural Resources collected 23 river otters between…
The OHI defines a healthy ocean as one that sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people now and in the future based on 10 diverse public goals. The 2013…
Several ideas have been put forward to explain this hiatus, including what the IPCC refers to as ‘unpredictable climate variability’ that is associated with…
Ecologists conducting field research usually study areas that they hope won't be disturbed for a while. But in an article published in the November issue of…
Thirty-eight U.S. national parks are experiencing “accidental fertilization” at or above a critical threshold for ecological damage, according to a study…
According to a study published online this week in Science, University of Minnesota researchers, building from studies of nitrogen levels in Lake Superior,…
Just inland from the familiar salt-loving mangroves that line the Southern tip of the Florida Peninsula lie plant communities that depend on freshwater flowing…
A new study that reconstructs the effects of past climatic changes on 59 species of North American turtles finds that the centers of the turtles’ ranges…
Biologists at the TU Darmstadt and ETH Zurich have developed a new concept for conservation measures that incorporates current landscapes formerly considered…
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Kenyan Marine and Fisheries Research Institute have achieved a milestone in Africa: they've helped…
Rising ocean surface temperatures caused by climate change could make fish accumulate more mercury, increasing the health risk to people who eat seafood,…
Dyes, such as indigo blue used to color blue jeans, threaten waterways near textile plants in South America, India and China. Such dyes are toxic, and they…
If the seagrass contains sulfur, it is an indication that the seabed is stressed and that the water environment is threatened. The technique will help…
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