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South Sudan Expands Efforts to Protect Remaining Elephants

In late May and early June, participants from WCS and MWCT succeeded in collaring elephants to track and monitor the majority of South Sudan’s remaining…

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Forensic Biologist Uncovers New Fly Species in Indiana

The local discovery of a species of fly not native to the Midwest could have significant implications on forensic investigations involving decomposing remains,…

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Boosting Energiewende: European Energy Targets for 2030

In its comment in response to the European Commission’s consultation, ‘A 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policies,’ the SRU advocates adopting a GHG…

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Exploring Ecosystem Services: Unlocking Nature’s Benefits

Yet it has been challenging to figure out how to sustain the many benefits people obtain from nature — so-called “ecosystem services” — in any given landscape…

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Developing a New Laser to Detect Methane Leaks

The system has the potential to detect methane leaks from long-distance underground gas pipelines and gas fields, including coal seam gas extraction…

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Coral Reef Survival: Urgent Changes Needed to Combat Crisis

They find that all existing coral reefs will be engulfed in inhospitable ocean chemistry conditions by the end of the century if civilization continues along…

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How Boat Noise Disrupts Fish Homefinding Abilities

Sophie Holles, a PhD researcher at the University of Bristol and one of the study's authors, said: “Natural underwater sound is used by many animals to find…

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Homes Contribute 50% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Key Insights

Dominik Saner and colleagues point out that the energy people use to power their homes and to satisfy their mobility needs accounts for more than 70 percent of…

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Wolf Lake Ancient Forest: An Endangered Ecosystem at Risk

The study says Wolf Lake Forest Reserve is a “scientifically irreplaceable system.” “Wolf Lake Forest deserves intensive study, monitoring and full protection…

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Telecoupling: Uniting Sustainability for a Better Future

Scientists led by Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Michigan State University’s Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, have built an integrated way to study a world that has…

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Innovative Risk Screening Methods for Contaminated Land

Contaminated land is soil, groundwater or sediment that contains levels of contaminants so high that they exceed natural levels in the environment. Decisions…

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Airborne Gut Action Boosts Wild Chili Pepper Seed Growth

Now it turns out it might not just be the trip through the air that's important, but also the inches-long trip through the bird.Seeds from a wild chili pepper…

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Protected Areas: Key to African Birds’ Survival Strategies

Using data on savannah birds from the Tanzanian Bird Atlas project – which has documented Tanzanian bird distributions over recent decades – the researchers…

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The Science of Yellow Snow

Bryan Murray, a PhD candidate at Michigan Tech, and two faculty members, Professor Christopher Webster and Assistant Professor Joseph Bump, studied the effects…

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Researchers Predict Possible Record-Setting Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone,' Modest Chesapeake Bay Oxygen-Starved Zone

The Gulf forecast, one of two announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, calls for an oxygen-depleted, or hypoxic, region of between…

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Cities and Farms Reroute Animals Seeking Cooler Climates

The region is among half a dozen areas that could experience heavier traffic compared with the average species-movement across the Western Hemisphere in…

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