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.
innovations-report offers informative reports and articles on topics such as climate protection, landscape conservation, ecological systems, wildlife and nature parks and ecosystem efficiency and balance.
Bacteria and nanofilters — the future of clean water technology
These one-celled organisms eat the contaminants present in water — whether it is being treated prior to industrial use or even for drinking — in a process…
Unheard of Encounter with Elusive Dolphins in the Channel
On a return crossing from Biscay through the English Channel in February, BDRP and its affiliated Spanish research organisation AMBAR (Sociedad para Estudio y…
Purdue lab works to improve conditions at indoor swimming pools
“Some indoor swimming pools seem to have a characteristic chlorine odor,” said Purdue environmental engineering professor Ernest R. Blatchley III. “You may…
Turtle studies suggest health risks from environmental contaminants
Jennifer Keller, a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, S.C., reported on Feb. 16…
Global biopact on biofuels can bring benefits to both rich and poor nations
According to the paper’s author, John Mathews, professor of Strategic Management at Macquarie University, Australia, a Biopact – a trade agreement to guarantee…
Clean water with nanotechnology
Peter Majewski and Chiu Ping Chan of the Ian Wark Research Institute, at the University of South Australia, explain that the availability of drinking quality…