Ecology, The Environment and Conservation
This complex theme deals primarily with interactions between organisms and the environmental factors that impact them, but to a greater extent between individual inanimate environmental factors.
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Lumping different countries together – why the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is of limited use
However, within the European Union there are more suitable instruments for this. This is one of the conclusions of a study conducted by the Helmholtz Centre…
TU Delft tests windmill for seawater desalination
In this case, it involves a high-pressure pump which pushes water through a membrane using approximately 60 bar. This reverse osmosis membrane produces fresh…
Invasion of the cane toads
Why do some invasive species expand rapidly in a new environment while others do not” Scientists from the United States and Australia are beginning to make…
Researchers offer new theory for dogfish and skate population outburst on George's Bank
New research by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory questions the long-held belief that…
Destruction of Sumatra forests driving global climate change and species extinction
The study found that in central Sumatra's Riau Province nearly 10.5 million acres of tropical forests and peat swamp have been cleared in the last 25 years….
Polluted Prey Causes Wild Birds to Change Their Tune
A new study, published in PLoS ONE on February 27 by researchers at Cardiff University, reveals that wild birds foraging on invertebrates contaminated with…