New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…
The researchers succeeded for the first time in gathering more accurate data on the otter population in the heath and pond region of the Oberlausitz Biosphere…
Writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Roelof Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, suggests solidifying waste…
In a blunt assessment, to be presented Weds. June 4 at UN Headquarters, New York, UNU’s Canadian-based International Network on Water, Environment and Health…
Two public health researchers have created a model that takes into account weather and other factors that affect the number of people who will fall ill during…
An understanding how environmental processes and agricultural practices interact to determine the transport and fate of agricultural chemicals in the…
A new survey, conducted by the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute, reveals the over 50s believe they are already being affected by climate…
Heat waves, droughts and fuel prices are just a few reasons for the current global food crisis that is making headlines around the world. Research by William…
AICAP, a multi-institutional research and education consortium focused on avian influenza, was launched with its first USDA grant in 2005. AICAP program…
With the global population continuing to grow at a high pace, it is essential to optimize the use of water resources and to increase agricultural production in…
A recent study of major earthquakes since 1992 – the kind that can generate widespread damage – revealed that such events routinely trigger smaller jolts…
The results of the latest puffin survey carried out by scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology will be released on Wednesday 4th June 2008. The Isle…
In recognition of the importance of biological diversity in sustaining the Earth's population of six billion, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)…
Europe requires a common management strategy for cormorants in order to reconcile nature conservation and fishing interests. An effective regulation of…
University Putra Malaysia (UPM) having benefit an endowment sum RM1 Million from growing plantation companies, Asiatic Development Berhad (ADB) in conjunction…
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations estimated the size of the collapse is about four times larger than was thought shortly after the time of the Aug….
Soil variation occurs across multiple geographic scales ranging from vast climatic regions of the Earth to a 50 acre farm field to the molecular world of soil…
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